This Is What Antonio Conte Said About Inter Milan's Scudetto Opportunity

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JAKARTA - Inter Milan managed to beat Sampdoria 2-1 in the first match of Serie A since being suspended for three months due to the COVID-19 incident. Coach Antonio Conte is optimistic that his team still has the chance to win the Scudetto.

In a match that was held at the San Siro Stadium on Sunday, June 21 evening local time, the Nerazzurri's deadly duo, Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez scored two of Inter's winning goals in the first half.

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The two players showed good chemistry while improving their performance from a bad performance when they were defeated by Napoli in the Coppa Italia semifinals.

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Inter are now in third place and six points behind leaders Juventus after 26 matches. They are five points adrift of Lazio in the race for the silver medal, aka second place in the Italian League.

"Tonight, we had no choice but to get the win so we can close the gap to six points," head coach Conte told his post-match press conference. Launch of Italian Football, Monday.

"We pushed on the hope that we could achieve something extraordinary. It's true we could seal the win earlier by taking more of our chances, but instead we conceded at Sampdoria's first attempt and were a little anxious. It was a good performance, however. "

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The former Chelsea and Juventus coach repeated that Inter's problem was not fitness but the players' inability to take advantage of opportunities.

"That also happened in the Coppa Italia against Napoli. All it takes is one luck and everything (the title) is ready to be contested again," continued the Juventus legend.

"I hope this game will help us realize that we have to kill - in a sporting sense - opponents and kill the game when we have the chance."

Inter next meet Sassuolo on Wednesday and Conte doesn't want his players to let their guard down. The racist asks them not to do anything wrong.

"We are six points ahead with 12 rounds remaining. There is no margin for error, while Lazio and Juventus could have had some strange mistakes but they could just bounce back," said Conte.

"This is why it is necessary to be ferocious in front of goal, because with a strong advantage we can then relax on the ball."