RE: Antonio Gonte
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The thing I don't understand with Conte is that even he realised when he was at Inter, that the 3-4-3 system he played at Chelsea wouldn't work without N'Golo Kante in your side who back in 2016/17 was arguably the best centre mid in world football. I don't remember Eden Hazard doing any tracking back in that system in the same way Son has been asked to do so!
He either should have reverted to 3-5-2 which is what he played at Inter or 4-2-3-1 which is what he played prior to that season with Chelsea. Given that he'd been flexible with his tactics in previous roles, it's difficult to really comprehend why he wouldn't attempt to shift the shape and style of play in situations where it was clear it wasn't working.
Yeah it's mad isn't it. He wouldn't budge on it. I presume he thought the defence weren't up to it particularly the centre halves to play any different and that's why he didn't change.
I remember hearing a story about Conte giving out about Hazard over that very reason. Hazard told him that he would score
2 goals for him in the next game. He got a hat trick.