On the eve of the Super Cup semi-final against Milan, the Italian coach approves of the Arabic format: “The more the club flies abroad, the more you make yourself known: I hope to stay here until next Monday…”
Antonio Conte had an extra hour available to think about the title to give in the press room, on the eve of tomorrow’s Super Cup semi-final against Milan. Napoli, who arrived last night, showed up at King Saud an hour later than expected. Traffic is also to blame, a daily thorn in the side of seven million inhabitants. The Italian coach immediately aims to forget the defeat against Udinese: “During the year there are more positive situations and others less so. We came from five victories, then we lost in the Champions League and in Serie A, but what matters is to continue working with seriousness, desire and a lot of enthusiasm. It always all comes from work.”
lukaku and the format
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On Lukaku’s return to the group: “He doesn’t have minutes in his legs, we have to be good and have the patience to wait for him. The fact that he returned this week is a positive thing, we are talking about a player with experience and quality, like Di Lorenzo and others. For us it is an important return. Now we will have to wait for him, do some physical tests to understand when he can return without the slightest danger.” On the format of the Super Cup: “Great experience. For me, it’s the first time I’ve faced the semi-finals and final outside of Italy, we want to experience it. We hope to extend our stay here until Monday. Finding Napoli fans here is something nice, the more the club flies abroad the more you make yourself known. The fans get closer based on victories, we’ll try to be attractive from this point of view. We’ve found people who have asked us for autographs and photos here too.” Chapter Milan, tomorrow’s opponent: “It’s a great team and there’s a desire to compete in this type of match, this is the level where we want to remain. Playing for a trophy must be an important emotional boost.” Conte also spoke about the return of Lobotka, who returned for half an hour against Udinese: “The problem he had wasn’t serious – said Conte -, now he’s ready. It doesn’t change much because the real role midfielders remain two, him and McTominay. Elmas is intelligent and knows how to adapt, but it’s inevitable that there are characteristics to respect. For now we’ll carry on like this”.
it’s about Lorenzo
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Captain Di Lorenzo was also present in the press room: “We want to play on equal terms and get to the final in regular time, that’s the objective. We’re front-and-center, we’ll face a strong team and we know it. The concentration is maximum. We want to play for this trophy to the fullest. Tomorrow’s match also depends a lot on how we defend ourselves, this will be important.”
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