Capello: Kupmenas performed well as a defender, Inter Milan is the favorite and Roma is a surprise

November 4th: When Italian veteran coach Capello participated in a Sky Sports program, he talked about new Juventus coach Spalletti, Kupmenas, Serie A competition this season and other topics.

In the last round of Serie A, Juventus defeated Cremonese 2-1 away from home. Juventus coach Luciano Spalletti arranged for Kupmenas to play as left center back, and it worked very well. Despite playing a deeper position than usual, Kupmenas was the second-most touched player in the game and ranked first for passes, dribbles, long passes and passes in the final third.

Capello first said: "Let Kupmenas play as a defender? This is a good idea. Although he is not a typical defender, not a player like Costacurta, he knows how to position himself and can create more threats when he takes the ball and moves forward. , surprising the opponent. He also knows how to control the ball, unlike many defenders who have poor foot skills. His performance is pretty good in this position... When he communicated with the players, he asked the players if they were willing to try this position and successfully convinced him."

Capello continued: "If Spalletti can quickly get into the players' minds and convince them to do these things, then he can achieve obvious results. When you enter a team and have analyzed the players in the team, it will be like playing against Everyone is happy now, but he must also help the players who did not play to return to form. This is the most important thing."

Napoli currently leads the Serie A standings with 22 points, while there are three teams behind them with 21 points. Capello then said: "The gap in the standings is very small? I think this situation will continue, especially because some teams do not have European wars, such as Milan and Como. Be wary of Como, they may also join the competition. And other teams cannot open up the points gap, fatigue It will affect their performance. No team can win easily."

Capello also talked about the favorites: "I will still say that Inter Milan is the favorite. This is the team that impressed me the most. Even though Inter Milan played a bit like last season in the last game against Verona. There was no strong desire to score the second goal after taking the lead, which wasted a lot of time."

Finally, Capello said: "Roma proved that they are capable of using high pressure tactics in the game against Milan, and they have coach Gasperini in their DNA. What I want to see, full of determination and sacrifice, Dybala and Sule are constantly running and pressing in the frontcourt. I think they could have replaced Dov Bik earlier this season, because Roma has a lot of crosses, but there is not much threat."