Antonio Conte praised Romelu Lukaku’s progress since reaching Inter Milan last season when the Belgian scored his seventh goal of the season in a 2-0 Serie A win over Genoa.
The moves of Belgian striker Lukaku and Danilo D’Ambrosio in the part at the moment put Inter de Conte third, Atalanta’s striker who ceded Sampdoria 3–1.
“Romelu is now another player, compared to a year ago, has taken a step forward in each and every aspect,” Conte said after Inter recovered from a 2–1 loss to AC Milan and a 2–2 draw in the Champions League. with Borussia Moenchengladbach.
“In the past, I said it was a rough diamond, so I was someone I was looking to paint with.
“It improves on a foundation and adds quality to your game.
“He scores constantly. “
After being defensive in the first half, Conte got rid of reinforcements from the bench, with Nicolo Barella in the position of Christian Eriksen and Achraf Hakimi replacing Ivan Perisic, a few hours after the Moroccan defender tested negative for coronavirus.
Barella prepared former Manchester United striker Lukaku to open the scoring with his fifth league goal of the season in the 64th minute, his two against Moenchengladbach.
D’Ambrosio nodded in the moment with 10 minutes to the end.
“We play it from the beginning,” Conte added.
Inter is third, two points leading by AC Milan, which receives Rome on Monday, and a fourth-placed point, Atalanta, after a consecutive momentary defeat.
Atalanta is tied in trouble with Claudio Ranieri’s Sampdoria, who followed the victories over Fiorentina and Lazio with a win in Bergamo.
“I told the boys I was looking for them to see the opposite value to Lazio and Atalanta,” Ranieri said.
“Little by little we gained confidence and were in a position when opportunities arose. “
Fabio Quagliarella opened the scoring after a quarter of an hour with his fourth goal in so many other games, but the veteran striker denied a moment from the penalty point.
Danish midfielder Morten Thorsby added a moment before the time stamp, with Jakub Jankto sealing the problems on time.
Colombian striker Duvan Zapata halved Atalanta’s deficit with 10 minutes to play at the penalty point.
Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta has scored thirteen goals in his first three games, but has now conceded seven in two games after losing 4-1 in Napoli last weekend.
“There are games where the coach feels guilty about the result. Today I did a bit of experimentation, it’s kind of a structure site,” Gasperini said.
“You need to attract new players, but when you play at the highest levels, you can’t experience too much. “
Following their defeat at Napoli, Atalanta opened their Champions League crusade with a 4-0 win over Danish Midtjylland.
Gasperini made seven adjustments to his team with Sam Lammers and Josip Ilicic at first, the latter at home for the first time in more than 3 months.
Atalanta captain Papu Gómez denied an early purpose, before Mikkel Damsgaard prepared Quagliarella to score.
Johan Mojica’s hand gave Sampdoria a moment’s chance, Marco Sportiello prevented Quagliarella from staying.
Thorsby put his headbutt in a Jankto centre by the time of Sampdoria before Zapata revived hopes at home, his penalty after Keita Balde committed a foul on the Colombian.
Senegal’s Keita made up for his mistake, purposely sending Jankto to score a third with two minutes remaining in overtime.
In Rome, Lazio achieved their first home win this season, 2-1 against Bologna, thanks to goals from Luis Alberto and Ciro Immobile, who is now the second top scorer in Lazio’s history.
Luis Alberto’s very good solo career from midfield allowed Lazio to advance after 54 minutes and Immobile was about a quarter of an hour to score his 128th goal with Lazio, one more than iconic striker Beppe Signori.
Lorenzo De Silvestri pulled out one in extra time before Bologna fell to its fourth loss in games.
Juventus champions will play at Verona’s on Sunday.