Milan face bogey coach Antonio Conte

With a 3-0 loss to Hellas Verona in Round 1 and a 0-0 draw against Juventus as their only setbacks, Napoli head into this midweek fixture in Italian football in high spirits. Antonio Conte's men have landed on their feet as they visit one of the toughest sides in the league with a solid lead and a four-point advantage after the draw between Inter and Juventus at the weekend.
Awaiting Conte's side is a Milan side who were unable to play their game due to postponement and who will be looking to get back into the title race with a home win over the Neapolitans. However, the visit to the San Siro should not keep the Napoli coach awake at night. Antonio Conte knows the stadium well, having spent time in charge of the city's other team and having lost only once against Milan.
The 1-0 (Brahim) defeat to Tottenham there in the last 16 of the 2022-23 Champions League ultimately cost the English side elimination and was a scoreline that prompted the transalpine's decline at the London club. Conte has not lost more times at the San Siro as Milan's visitors and only on one other occasion has he lost to the 'Rossoneri' at home, in a 'Derby della Madonnina' on 17th October 2020 (1-2 with goals from Lukaku and Ibrahimovic -2-).
All this despite the fact that the Lombard club remains the most common opponent in his career with 16 meetings. With Atalanta, his first team, he also played once against the ‘Rossoneri’ and did not lose, drawing 1-1 on 4th October 2009 (Tiribocchi; Ronaldinho). At the helm of Juventus, the coach from Lecce played 8 times against Milan and his record was 6 wins and 2 draws.
The wins came on 2nd October 2011 by 2-0 (Marchisio -2-), 8th February 2012 by 1-2 (El Shaarawy; Caceres -2-), 9th January 2013 by 2-1 (Giovinco, Vucinic; El Shaarawy), 21st April 2013 by 1-0 (Vidal), 6th October 2013 by 3-2 (Pirlo, Giovinco, Chiellini; Muntari -2-) and 2nd March 2014 by 0-2 (Llorente, Tevez). The draws took place on 25th February 2012 1-1 (Nocerino, Matri) and 20th March 2012 2-2 (Del Piero, Vucinic; Mesbah, Maxi Lopez).
As Inter manager, Conte faced the ‘Derby della Madonnina’ 5 times and won 4 times, the only blemish being the defeat on 17th October 2020. His 4 victories took place on 21st September 2019 by 0-2 (Brozovic, Lukaku), on 9th February 2020 by 4-2 (Brozovic, Vecino, De Vrij, Lukaku; Rebic, Ibrahimovic), on 26th January 2021 by 2-1 (Lukaku, Eriksen; Ibrahimovic) and on 21st February 2021 by 0-3 (Lautaro -2-, Lukaku).
As well as the ‘knockout’ with Tottenham in the first leg of the 2022-23 Champions League round of 16, Antonio Conte led the Londoners at home in the return leg, where on 8th March 2023 they were held to a 0-0 draw and consequently eliminated. That remains the Lecce-born coach's last clash against Milan, an opponent he will be aiming to put the nail in their coffin again on Tuesday in their increasingly obvious bid for the next Serie A title.