Antonio Conte likes to keep a low profile. He was not over enthusiastic after the first two victories against Parma and Siena, he was not over disappointed by the two draws with Bologna and Catania. The word 'Scudetto' is banned from his vocabulary, which seems to know only one repeated verb: work, work and again, work...

He also looks after the psychological side, motivating the players to fight for victory. However, his statement after the match in Catania was a kind of own-goal: "We don't have Tevez, Walcott or Nani", he said. The fact he mentioned three players associated with the Juventus market last summer risked hurting the feelings of the other players who need a good injection of self-esteem. He should have said "we don't have players like Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo"... in that case nobody would have been disappointed...