Radja Nainggolan extols Antonio Conte and demolishes another former coach of his

Radja Nainggolan, seen in Italy in five teams (Piacenza, Cagliari, Roma, Inter and most recently Spal), is still active with Lokeren, a Belgian second division formation, and he did not back down in front of a microphone.

The gritty 37-year-old midfielder returned to talk about his exclusion from the Belgian national team in the Take A Seat program, broadcast on YouTube, pointing the finger at the then technical commissioner Roberto Martinez.

“Those who say the Spaniard is a good coach do not understand anything about soccer. For me, a good coach gives a team a game identity. With Martinez, there was never a style. Everything was based on individual qualities. If we were in trouble, the ball would go to Hazard, De Bruyne or Lukaku” he recounted testily.

Great praise, however, for Antonio Conte, with whom he had a brief spell at Inter. “He is a real coach. And he is of the highest level” commented Nainggolan, who with the ‘Red Devils’ played thirty games scoring six goals. Now Martinez is at Cristiano Ronaldo”s Portugal helm.