Vucinic: โ€œConte prepares for matches like no-one elseโ€

Speaking as part of an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport, former striker Mirko Vucinic gave his thoughts on Sundayโ€™s match between Inter and Juventus. The 36-year-old spent three years at Juve under the tutelage of the current Nerazzurri Coach Antonio Conte.

What can you tell us about Inter-Juve?

โ€œThat it could be decisive, and it could give either side confidence for the season to come. Itโ€™s a bit like Juve-Milan in 2011, because Inter are more or less at the level of our Juve. Sarri, however, has a team that are much stronger than that Milan side were under Allegri, as he has two champions in each position.โ€

What is the advantage of having Conte in this kind of situation?

โ€œAntonio works such a lot, the team follow his instructions and he prepares for matches like no-one else. We discussed everything that could happen and our opponents never put us in difficulty.โ€

Your favourite players from each team?

โ€œ[Miralem] Pjanic and [Stefano] Sensi. Pure technical quality.โ€

And [Cristiano] Ronaldo?

โ€œIt would have been wonderful to play with Ronaldo but now I am old. His will to be number one has always struck me, I have never witnessed this before, not even with [Gianluigi] Buffon and [Andrea] Pirlo.โ€

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