Hence 'quasi' wingers push up 15 feat and its a 4-2-3-1 but the problems of an overcrowded midfield and/or isolated forwards is consistent in all of those games. 4-4-2 presented more clear chances and more goals so far and in 2 out of 3 of those games the formation was changed back to a 4-4-2 and we saw positive changes in the games.
In Italian, the term 'quasi' means 'almost'. That is the whole point about the wingers, as I pointed out earlier, we played with a 4-1-4-1 in those games mentioned, however we shifted always to a 4-2-3-1 when going on the attack. I was watching SKY today and they mentioned and spoke about why Conte went with that formation, they claimed it's because he wanted to see if he would of gotten that sort of reaction, sort of play against Chievo just like he did against Milan. The problem lies with two clear points, one of them being is of course... Chievo is a very tactical and organized side who are known to defend great, in which they close all angles and spaces which makes it hard for the opposition to score on or even worst nothing at all. This is a side that made Napoli lose at home, thankfully we didn't lose. Of course, when Del Piero came on, we had finally two reference points up front which then caused us to play much better, get more chances and almost score. The second point can also be the fitness levels of many of our players, those being the ones who played with their international teams, to be quite honest... this wasn't Pirlo's best game, we've seen Marchisio do better, Vidal was just not up to par in that game, Lichstiener did work hard, but was some what poor going forward I would say his worst game with us this season, Krasic another horrible performance and so on... I believe the internationals did effect us in this game, and if there was no international break, I think we would of seen a different impact even with a 4-1-4-1.