The Italian coach after the victory against Fiorentina: “From the first evaluations nothing seems good: we fear the cruciate might have broken.” And then: “We’re not having normal injuries, but serious ones. And then they say we’re complaining…”
Calling him bitter wouldn’t convey the idea. The discouragement is visible in Antonio Conte when he finds himself commenting on yet another injury, that of Di Lorenzo, which also appears to be very serious. “There’s little to say, we always come back to the same thing: we put game after game after game, playing players who should be resting. I know this type of injury, it seems like the cruciate has broken. It’s a very bad thing, we know how much it’s worth to us. Then someone says we’re complaining. We’re not having normal injuries, but serious ones. And it’s hard to patch up, no matter how much we’re doing it. The team is doing something extraordinary. Today, however, unfortunately we lost a big man, that he had played them all and that he should have anyway because there are 13 of us at the moment. By doing so you kill the boys” said the coach, interviewed by Dazn at the end of the match with Fiorentina.
wrong system
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The coach criticized the current system, with too many matches and few players compared to the number of commitments. “The number of the squad could be expanded. What do those who don’t have a youth team do? We have a small squad and we don’t have a youth team because our young people want to play, now we’ve discovered Vergara. If we want to play 60-70 games a year, the squads have to expand. It’s like the dog chasing its tail. Participating in competitions that give you more games to get more money, but in the end you still have to buy the players to expand the squads. If the clubs don’t understand this, football will go in a bad direction and I’m sorry. I’m not talking about Napoli, I’m speaking in favor of the players in general. I’m sorry that the Footballers’ Association turns the other way and agrees with the institutions. It’s absurd, I say this as a former player.” On the inclusion of Gutierrez and not Beukema, Conte glossed over: “At the moment he gives me more guarantees”.
AMBITIONS
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Due to the situation, it is impossible to make predictions about Napoli’s season. “The team is trying to do the best it can despite what we have at our disposal. It’s a good thing we got these points. Ask yourself a question and give yourself an answer: with this current squad, where would you put Napoli? My consideration would be biased. We don’t want to give up because we have the championship, the Italian Cup and a European qualification to achieve. The others have equipped themselves in an important way and have blocked our market, despite us having 240 million in liquidity. Number one, I must say. I’m too pissed off about Di Lorenzo, so I’ll stop here” concluded Conte.
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