Conte’s deputy after Sassuolo: “Nine games in January are too many, no one in Italy plays so much. The club knows that numerically something is needed from the market”
“There are two states of mind.” Cristian Stellini was unable to hide on the one hand the happiness of having found success against Sassuolo after three consecutive draws, as well as the disappointment due to the injuries that continue to follow one another. “From a medical point of view, the evaluations will be made in the next few days, there are no precise updates to give. Elmas felt dizzy, it’s probably a flu condition, so it’s not a real injury. We have no news for Politano and Rrahmani at the moment” said the Napoli assistant coach to Dazn.
busy schedule
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“We are happy for the victory and I want to send many compliments to the team, because we are continuing to experience a difficult situation and we don’t know how much longer it will go on, given that perhaps we will lose two more players” continued Stellini. Who then wanted to put the emphasis on calendars. “I believe that Napoli is the only Italian team to play nine games in January. I think the calendar is badly made because it is not possible that having also played the Italian Super Cup then we have nine games in 28 days. At a mental level the players are there, they know how to suffer and fight. The energy was not at its best today, but we brought home the result. Physically it is difficult, playing 72 hours apart when things are going well is tough. Let’s also add that numerically there are not many of us.”
reinforcements
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In front of the cameras, Stellini made a kind of appeal. “We will have a discussion with the club, in which it is likely that there will be a need for players immediately. If certain players are not used, it is clear that at this moment there is a need for different replacements, otherwise we will have to go fishing from the Primavera. Numerically we are right in defence, in midfield and in attack we are not changing much. We are waiting for Neres but we don’t know when the others will return. The evaluations will be made by the coach and the club, now there is a bit of anxiety because the matches are many, we will have four matches in nine days. It is a clear reasoning, we are talking about numbers. Some interventions will have to be made, it is planned. The January transfer window is not simple, but something will have to be done” concluded Conte’s second.
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