“He’s Doing Very Well, Growing Significantly, A Probable Successor To Chiellini”

Written By Onyeka Daniel

It was an intense game between Inter Milan and Napoli yesterday, but despite several efforts especially from the home side, it could only end in a draw and for the former Serie A champions, they had their defense to thank in the pulsating affair, not counting the missed penalty from the Nerazzurri that could have sealed the win for them.

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One player that definitely played his part in keeping Inter attack at bay is summer signing, Alessandro Buongiorno and for Italian legend, Alessandro Costacurta, he has labelled the former Torino defender as Italy’s ‘probable successor’ to former Juventus centre-back Giorgio Chiellini after the Partenopei defender’s performance in the 1-1 draw A on Sunday.

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Buongiorno was rated as one of the best performing players on the pitch across the Italian press during the top-of-the-table clash. He and his teammates remain atop the Serie A table, despite being held by runners-up at the time, Inter. Costacurta, who is a pundit with Sky Sport Italia, was one of many who were impressed by the Italy international’s performance.

“It’s the third year now that he’s doing very well, he’s grown significantly. Chiellini played a slightly rougher style of football, but in this respect, Buongiorno is the probable successor to Giorgio. “He’s alert and physical, he made two interventions against Inter thanks to the defender’s instincts.” The 23-year-old has been capped on seven occasions for the Italian national team.

The Azzurri have plenty of options on the left side of centre-back with Alesssadnro Bastoni and Riccardo Calafiori often the go-to options over the first two international breaks of the season, but with an injury to the Arsenal defender at present, Buongiorno could have see more minutes when the squad play their next two Nations League fixtures in November.

For Napoli manager, Antonio Conte, he was still upset at a post-match press conference on Sunday and continued protesting against VAR: ‘All the coaches are angry; I don’t want bad thoughts.’Conte thought VAR should have cancelled the spot kick and did not hide his frustration during a post-match interview with DAZN. “It was annoying to hear that VAR could not intervene on a non-existent penalty.

“If there’s an error, VAR must intervene. If there’s an obvious error, it must intervene,” he said. “Using VAR like this fuels conspiracy theories and bad thoughts. I don’t want to have bad thoughts. If there’s an error, VAR must intervene. “I want intellectual honesty and I’ve been hearing this thing for a while, so now it’s upsetting me,” he continued.

“If there’s a clear error, you must correct it or at least tell the referee to double-check on the monitor. If he confirmed the decision, I’d be the first to defend him.”A reporter tried to cheer him up by saying that Napoli remained the table leader, but Conte could not stop talking about VAR. “Sorry, not I’m too angry about things. Hearing that VAR can’t intervene sounds like a joke,” he insisted.

“All the coaches are angry; VAR must intervene if there’s an error, whether it’s in favour or against Napoli. Who made this protocol? I don’t want conspiracy theories; I want to remain calm on the bench; otherwise, I’ll get yellow or red cards. Today, I saw that the odds for my red card were ¼. Incredible.”

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Conte was furious about the VAR protocol, which does not allow referees to check specific fouls at the pitchside monitor. “Who made this protocol? It seems to be that it only creates confusion,” concluded Conte. “I could have lost the game for what? Because the protocol says that VAR cannot intervene? Let’s cancel the protocol and cancel excuses; I want honesty.” He further added.

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