Cesc Fabregas, hats off to Antonio Conte

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Although having beaten him, there's praise for an opponent who è been master.

Como surprised Napoli, handing them a defeat that could prove very heavy in the Scudetto race. Despite this, però, in the post-match Cesc Fabregas spent words of praise for Antonio Conte, who was his coach in his Chelsea days. Indeed, the Larians’ coach called him fundamental to his growth as a coach.

"Antonio has given me so much, and I have to thank him,” Fabregas told 'DAZN' referring to Conte. We played against a great team and an incredible coach, who forced me to change a lot during the game. Then we are a team that always wants to try to be offensive, and I felt that in the second half we could give more. The enthusiasm of the Como crowd was great and I tried to win it".

His Como is growing a lot in both performance and results, and Fabregas acknowledged this without mincing words: "The last two games say this, but it is not è enough. We have to give continuity, and even more; I want personality. We have to play a certain way, and this è the aspect of today&#39s performance that I most è liked".

Impossible then not to dwell on Diao, still decisive. "One does not need to be a phenomenon to understand what his characteristics are, and in particular his personality. At his age; he has great courage, and he does not give up even after making mistakes. These are characteristics that can make an incredible leap. But I have great confidence in the whole group, I dream of seeing him make it all the way to the Champions League".

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