DBasia.news – Antonio Conte has not been able to present the title for Inter Milan. But the 51-year-old coach feels better than the two most successful coaches in Nerazzurri history, Jose Mourinho and Helenio Herrera.
Helenio Herrera was the first coach who was able to bring Inter to glory in Europe while serving from 1960 to 1968. During that period, the Argentine-born coach presented three Scudettos, two Champions Cup trophies and two Intercontinental Cup titles.
While Mourinho has only handled Inter for two seasons. However, the Portuguese coach was able to carve the first treble winners in the history of the Italian club.
The achievements of the two coaches should make Conte feel insecure. However, he felt the comparison was unfair.
Conte has good reasons for this. He felt that Inter’s condition was handled by him and the two coaches were very different.
When Conte arrived, Inter was just a former big club trying to restore their reputation. On the other hand, Mourinho and Herrera’s La Beneamata at that time was highly respected and was a title contender every season.
“Nice comparison and I feel a responsibility to achieve the same result. But don’t get confused by the different phases of the club’s history, “Conte told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
“Herrera and Mourinho’s Inter are a team of players who have won a lot. Personable people, accustomed to pressure, responsible and never made mistakes in decisive moments.”
“My Inter have important values and I just don’t want to confuse the different dimensions. We started further back,” he added.
Conte considered that condition was not found in his care team. Indirectly, he stated that the task he was assigned was much more challenging than Mourinho and Herrera.
Even so, Conte is aware that his success in handling Inter will only be judged by trophies. He is also ready to make this happen in order to make his name equal to Mourinho and Herrera.
“Titles and trophies are the consequences. Without a culture of victory, you will never achieve success and a culture of victory can only be achieved through hard work, “he concluded.