Vergara: Debuting for Napoli was special, the blue shirt feels like home | OneFootball

Antonio Vergara, a midfielder for Napoli, shared his feelings with Radio CRC, focusing on his first-team debut, his development journey, and his relationship with teammates and coach.

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"Making my debut with this jersey was a unique emotion for me. Every boy dreams of playing for their own team. Having done it in the stadium where I played for two years and where I tore my cruciate was an even greater satisfaction. It means that you can start again from where you fell".

Vergara retraced some important moments of the youth sector: "I remember the action in which I got the 3-2 penalty against Fiorentina and the miraculous survival with the Primavera. It was not easy to get here. As a child I was small, I was one meter and forty tall and I hardly ever played. I often thought about quitting. Now I am happy with the first goals achieved, but I know it was not easy".

A direct message also to the youngest: "To those who start the journey in the youth sector I advise never to give up. Even when it seems impossible, you have to find something that pushes you to continue working". The midfielder then focused on the relationship with his teammates: "Some I already knew, I trained with them every now and then. With the new ones I'm getting along great, I'm very close to Lorenzo Lucca and Buongiorno". Words of esteem also for Antonio Conte: "He is a winner. Training with him and learning his way of experiencing the game is incredible. From my department colleagues I am learning a lot: De Bruyne, Frank, Scott, Lobotka. It's like being at school, I'm at the desk and I learn".

Finally, a thought on the role and the first seasonal games: "I like to play more advanced, inside the field, but I am at the coach's disposal, even as a fullback or in goal (laughs). It was important to start again from where we had stopped as champions of Italy. The blue jersey for me is a second skin: playing with these colors means home".

Andrea Alati

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