Inter Milan striker, Romelu Lukaku has revealed that Antonio Conte’s no-nonsense management style has helped to bring out the best in him.
After being mocked as a flop at Manchester United, Lukaku currently has 14 goals in 20 Serie A appearances this season.
According to him, his coach’s mentality has improved his game tremendously, even if he still gets blasted by the Italian in front of his teammates every now and then.
He added that the manager once told him that he was thrash in a particular game but it boosted his confidence to give more on the pitch.
His words, “I remember one of my first Champions League games against Slavia Prague when I played really bad – like I was trash that day – and I really got it from him in front of the whole team,”
“He told me that I was really trash and that he would take me off after five minutes if I would have done it again.
“It’s little things like that. And we played the Milan derby just after that and I played one of my best games of the season.
“He just gave me that – he stepped on my confidence but it woke me up at the same time. He does it to everybody, it doesn’t matter who you are. Everybody is equal.
“It had never really happened to me before. It had never happened.
“The manager, he tells it straight to your face if you’re doing well or wrong.”
“When there is a lot of movement around me, here and with the Belgian national team, I am at my best because then I can create myself and I can be at the end of the delivery,”
“Right now, the systems we are playing, here at Inter with the 3-5-2, and with the Belgium national team in a 3-4-3 with players close to me.
“Here [at Inter] we play in a system where you have to be in a certain position but at the end of the day, if you stand in the right position, you get chances.
“It is different with the Belgian national team, where there is much more freedom but I have more players around me.”
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