Napoli, Conte: Let’s focus on this competition, not the league | OneFootball

After the heavy defeat on the field of PSV Eindhoven, Napoli will return to the pitch tomorrow evening at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium to face Eintracht Frankfurt, in the match valid for the fourth day of the league phase of the Champions League. On the eve of the match, Napoli coach Antonio Conte spoke at the usual pre-match press conference.

Napoli, Conte in the press conference: “Let’s put the league aside, we need to do well in this competition”

These were the words of the Azzurri coach on the eve of the match against the Germans: “What kind of game do I expect? I imagine scoring one more goal than them, whether it’s 1-0 or 6-5, it’s fine. On Gilmour and Spinazzola, who came off during the match against Como: “They don’t have muscle problems, but rather inflammation in the pubic area. We’ll assess them today. The team is strong anyway, and the match against Como was further confirmation. Now let’s put the league in a drawer, for us it’s too important to face tomorrow’s match.”

“Gilmour and Spinazzola? Those who played on Saturday did recovery yesterday, today we’ll assess both. It wasn’t muscle problems, but inflammation in the pubic area. It’s up to the medical staff to make the right assessments; playing every three days, the fatigue changes. So far, we’ve faced many matches in conditions where we’ve always defended ourselves very well, tomorrow we have to win to stay on track despite the many difficulties, including integrating the new players.”

“Round of 16? We know we have to face a tough team, one that qualified in a difficult league like the German one and scored 5 goals against Galatasaray. The Champions League is a world of its own, there are no underdogs and sometimes teams that are weaker on paper participate in less demanding leagues, where there’s less stress and tension, and this also affects injuries. Let’s focus first on tomorrow’s match, but I’m calm. I know the team is strong mentally and Saturday gave me further proof of that.”

Vincenzo Schiavo

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