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Napoli coach Antonio Conte heaped reward on Romelu Lukaku after he scored and supplied two assists of their dominant 4-0 victory at Cagliari on Sunday.
Lukaku was reunited along with his former Inter boss Conte, below whom he scored 24 objectives because the Nerazzurri received the Scudetto in 2020-21, forward of Napoli loaning wantaway striker Victor Osimhen to Galatasaray this month.
He has made a flying begin to life in Naples, netting in a 2-1 win over Parma forward of the worldwide break, then getting on the scoresheet once more as Cagliari have been swatted apart on matchday 4.
He additionally laid on assists for Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, simply the third time he has scored and supplied a number of assists in a single recreation in Europe’s prime 5 leagues. Two of these situations have come below Conte.
Talking to Sky Sports activities Italia after Sunday’s recreation, Conte outlined why he was so eager to deliver Lukaku in.
“I’ve at all times stated that I wished Romelu at Inter, had additionally requested him at Chelsea earlier than he went to Manchester United, as a result of he’s an atypical striker,” Conte stated.
“He’s extraordinarily tall and bodily robust, but in addition excellent at sprinting ahead. His situation continues to be nowhere close to optimum, however he turns into elementary for us.”
The victory took Napoli prime of the desk forward of Inter’s journey to Monza in a while Sunday, with the Partenopei registering three straight wins after beginning with a humiliating 3-0 loss at Verona.
Conte, nevertheless, has dismissed strategies his group are able to compete for the Scudetto, saying they’ve lots extra work to do.
“I do really feel that in the meanwhile all groups are settling down nonetheless, because the switch window closed late and we’re all looking for our form,” Conte stated.
“We have to preserve bettering on duels everywhere in the discipline, preserving centered and concentrated, as a result of that’s what you require in Serie A.
“We’ve labored onerous during the last two and a half months, we’ve acquired to placed on the blinkers and preserve pushing ahead with out anybody else.”
