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Napoli, Conte to DAZN: “The approach wasn’t ideal! About the substitutions…”

Antonio Conte, Napoli’s coach, made some statements to DAZN after the defeat against Milan.

“What were we missing? The approach wasn’t ideal, conceding a goal right away made things more complicated. On the first two goals, as a team, we could have done more. There’s always room for improvement. Starting off behind at San Siro is never easy. In the first half we still played well, the team convinced me, creating chances. But we need to work, because lately we’ve conceded too many goals. Defensive solidity has always been our strength, and we need to get it back. We showed character against a very strong Milan, and that should give us confidence, but we need to improve. It’s the first defeat in five matches, and it came against a high-quality Milan, not just any team: conceding two goals to them can happen.

About Marianucci? Luca is a player Napoli signed, he’s part of the squad. He’s not on the Champions League list and wouldn’t have played, but he trains well and earned this chance. He has great potential and has shown he can be part of this group. On Wednesday we hope there won’t be any problems with Beukema and Juan Jesus, because right now we only have them, we’ll see about Spinazzola and Olivera. Playing every three days, you have to make careful choices. Our strength will depend on the new arrivals, who need time to grow, and matches are fundamental for this. I’m satisfied with the performances of Lucca and Gutierrez, for whom we pushed the timing a bit.

De Bruyne and McTominay? I tried to bring on fresh players for individual duels, choices I believe were correct.”

Carlo Gioia

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