The defender was the protagonist in the negative in the match won by Milan 2-1. But Conte is satisfied: “He has shown he can be in our squad”
“I dreamed and hoped for a completely different debut, but every single episode, even the most unfortunate or the worst, helps grow and improve”. Luca Marianucci, hot after the San Siro race, vents on Instagram. He almost seems to want to apologize to the fans, the coach and teammates for the shock debut in Milan. Thanks to the absences of Rrahmani and good morning, the flat rate of Mathias Olivera and Spinazzola, but above all the absence in the Champions League list of Marianucci himself, Antonio Conte has focused on him. Surprisingly and against every prediction, he decided to protect Beukema for the Champions League match on Wednesday and to make the young defender ex Empoli debut to Sao. Baptism of fire. But three minutes were enough for Marianucci to make themselves protagonist in the negative. He immediately loses the duel with Pulisic and Milan scored. It is also absent on the Rossoneri doubling. To console him the affection of the Napoli fans, who are flooding his Instagram profile of messages: “You have been a warrior to San Siro, forward boy”, “Forza Luca, we will get up stronger than before”, “We are with you, Amma Faticà”. But above all, the words of Antonio Conte at the press conference: “Luca is a footballer who is part of the squad but is not on the Champions League, he is training well and has earned this possibility to play. He has shown he can be in our squad”.
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Luca Marianucci is only 21 years old, but a nice baggage of experience behind him. In the 2023/2024 season he made the apprenticeship in Serie C, playing owner with the Pro Sesto shirt. Last season he cut a place to be the owner at Empoli. He also entered the round of the Under 21 national team, under the guidance of Silvio Baldini, immediately being decisive in the match against Macedonia in northern September 9: his goal of the Azzurri’s 1-0. Luca Marianucci was the first purchase of the Napoli of the last summer market session. The operation, of about 9 million, had been closed by sports director Giovanni Manna in the spring, even before Antonio Conte decided to reconfirm his presence on the Napoli bench. And the former Empoli defender managed to conquer Antonio Conte from the first training, coming to convince him that he is the right choice against Milan. Despite the performance, to forget, the merit of the young Livornese was to be able to stay in the game, with personality and pride. That of San Siro is only a lost battle for Luca Marianucci, he has the whole season (and five years of contract in blue) to demonstrate that he can “be able to stay in the Napoli rose”, as Antonio Conte assures.