Conte: "We’re getting the right mentality"

MILAN - Five wins in five league games for Antonio Conte’s Inter, who continued their winning run in Serie A with a 1-0 win over Lazio at San Siro, on what was the first midweek matchday of the season. “It was a tough, important victory against a very strong side, who have been working together for four years and have done nothing but strengthen in recent seasons. It was by no means an easy win to get,” said the Nerazzurri Coach speaking to Sky Sport. 

“When analysing the game you have to split it into two parts. I wasn’t happy in the first half, we started aggressively, we looked to stay high and they tried to hurt us on the break. Then after the goal we sat back too much, allowing Lazio to come onto us and Handanovic was excellent in that period, he made the difference. However, the team showed great character in the second half, we dominated and made sure of our success. All that was missing was the goal to kill the game off, we should have done better with our chances in the second half.

“Five wins in a row is no coincidence, we still have to grow a lot more but we’re getting the right mentality,” he concluded.