Elia, DP, or Quag would have been able to do the same thing. Pepe doesn't give us ANYTHING that those 3 can't. Simple as that.
I don't really understand why not play attacking football against less tactical and powerful teams? It's not like we always need 3CM/DM. It's like it's not enough we have Marchisio-Vidal who are defensive players, Conte also fields another one and that's Pepe. We're not playing Real Madrid or Manchester, sometimes you just HAVE to play offensive game against average teams.
Elia, Del Piero, Quag are badly in-need of confidence. You can't win the title with the same 11 players. Even if you're not playing the CL.
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