Conte: Beating Milan boosts Napoli, Elmas a perfect 10, on Hojlund | OneFootball

Antonio Conte spoke at a press conference after the victory against Milan in the Supercoppa, which brought Napoli to the final, as they await to find out their opponent, namely the winner between Inter and Bologna.

Napoli, Conte in the press conference: “These guys are serious, they give everything on the pitch! We’re holding on tight to Hojlund”

At the end of the match between Napoli and Milan, Antonio Conte spoke at a press conference after the semifinal victory. Here are his words, as reported by TuttoNapoli:

On the match

“When you face great teams like Milan, with great players, winning gives you confidence. But just as we have won in the past, now after the break we have played some great matches. These are serious guys, who always give everything. The problem is that playing every three days with a very small squad, you have to pay a price. I think I have a minimum of experience in this regard. You can’t make proper assessments if you don’t analyze this emergency well. And we have paid a price, as in the Champions League and in Udine. We played a match after four days and not after three. We arrived with more energy, with a fuller tank.

Playing high-level matches takes a lot of energy. You can’t think you won’t pay a price. That’s not how it works. What I’m saying is that if we have energy, even in an emergency, we are difficult to play against. These are victories that should give us morale, enthusiasm, and awareness. We were coming from wins against strong teams. Now we have to prepare well and remember that we weren’t invited, but we earned it by winning the Scudetto. We have sent a tangible signal and it wouldn’t have been nice to lose again to Milan. Then I know very well that there can be situations where the team that beats you gains confidence and you lose it. Congratulations to all the guys.”

On his players

“As for Elmas, he played as a number 10. We had prepared certain movements to put Milan’s five-man line in difficulty. But also with the movements of Neres and Hojlund. Elmas did well, but he can do even better. He’s important because he knows how to play anywhere. Today we played a tough, hard-fought match, where we won the duels. That’s good, there was energy, strength, determination, and the will to put in a good performance. We know we’ve set the bar high and when there’s a negative result, it seems like the world is falling apart. But the world doesn’t fall apart. It’s a complicated season, but I didn’t expect it to be like this. Injuries are depriving us of important players but as a team we are working to overcome these difficulties as well.”

On Hojlund

“As for Hojlund, he’s a 22-year-old guy, he has important potential for the future and the more he plays with us, the more he understands what I’m asking of him. Today he was decisive. We’re talking about a young player who can still grow a lot. We’re holding on tight to him and we hope to get Lukaku back as soon as possible, and then there’s also Lucca who is improving.”

On Modric

“Modric is an incredible player. He had a remarkable impact against Milan. In the match we played in the league, he was the one who ran the most. Hats off to him, at 39 years old he still has all this energy. From a tactical point of view, we prepared the match with him, Jashari took his place but it didn’t change our game plan.”

Raffaele Morra

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