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Napoli, Conte warns: “Midfield in emergency. Anguissa? A heavy blow”

Antonio Conte, Napoli’s coach, analyzed the 3-1 victory over Atalanta on Sky Sport microphones. The first topic was the midfield emergency, worsened by Anguissa’s injury: “The real problem is that the latest blow with Anguissa falling on us has made me reflect, objectively, because we’re really left with very few midfielders. Elmas is a wildcard, but with us he’s doing everything and doing it well. The only natural midfielders are Lobotka and McTominay, plus a very promising youngster like Vergara who is more of an attacking midfielder, or a playmaker between the lines.”

Conte admits that Napoli played one of the best first halves of the season: “We’re satisfied with the win and with how it was achieved, with a first half played at a very high tempo. We could have managed the ball a bit better in the second half, but that’s understandable because we won against a very strong team. Tonight there was great energy and electricity at the Maradona.”

On the rumors that arose after the misstep against Bologna, Conte is direct: “These are things that worry those on the outside more, people who don’t know the reality of the situation, the very strong relationship I have with my players: we always try to tell each other the truth, I am a very transparent man, as you see me: I have no masks, many don’t like it but I was taught honesty and to step in when you have to. The media are right to talk, we just have to keep working.”

As for the schedule: no breaks on the horizon. “Now we have to play on Tuesday against Qarabag, who are the revelation team of the Champions League. We need to recover our energy, to prepare for this match.”

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Felice Torino

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.