Conte jokes with Achraf: “Taking penalties is worse than I was when I played football”

Achraf hakimi He is a complete player: a long-distance winger, a good free kick taker, an assistant, however he has a 'but' for Antonio Conte. And it's in the penalty shootouts.

The Italian coach joked in Sky Sports on the penalty-shooting side of the Moroccan international: “Achraf? The important thing is that he does not commit penalties. In the penalties that we have seen, he has an important ballistic capacity from a distance. But I see him at the end of training that when he stops to shoot penalties with the others, I think that If we reach the final in a competition, they all have to die before they let Hakimi take the penalty, he's a real sucker, worse than me when he played. But he is a player who is growing, he has room for improvement, he is a young boy, many times he does not see the play immediately, he is improving from all points of view and I am happy. “

Achraf was instrumental in Inter's victory with an assist to Darmian in the 75th minute against Verona. The seventh in Serie A to which he adds six goals in 32 games. In addition, the 22-year-old left-back slammed a ball off the post on a long free kick.