Our players are tired. People need to understand that they aren’t robots. Around this time previous years we had the typical meltdown due to fatigue, threw our season away after fantastic starts. But atm we are the first team since Serie A had 3-point rule winning all 10 games at the return round. Huge improvement.
As Milan and Juve are out of Europe, we don’t have the extra rest advantage anymore. Conte is doing an excellent job, spending just enough gas with maximum efficiency. He is a master of league titles for a reason.
That same reason why Conte has always been a failure in CL, while Gasperini the opposite. In CL those “calculation” doesn’t work. You need to steamroll every teams in a few matches. But let’s win Serie A for some seasons, if possible, to have better income/squad before worrying about CL.