Conte sul West Ham: ‘Here Scamacca will grow, also important for the national team’

The London Stadium as a theater, the National team as a backdrop. Seen from Italy, West Ham-Tottenham at 20.45 is one of the most Italian Premier League matches. On the one hand, the team with the most blues in pink, the Hammers of Angelo Ogbonna and the newcomers Gianluca Scamacca and Emerson. On the other hand, Antonio Conte’s Spurs, the man who revolutionized them by bringing them back to the Champions League and giving them ambitions for the title.

Between Premier and Italy

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Seen through the eyes of the only Italian coach on a Premier bench, this is a match against an opponent not to be underestimated. And against old friends. “Scamacca is an excellent player, still very young – says the Tottenham manager of the center forward -. It is also important for the national team that he now plays in the Premier League: we have also seen with Jorginho how much playing in this league improves you, both in terms of intensity and speed of play and in what you have to do to grow and prove that you are top. ‘height. I know Emerson very well: I took him to Chelsea when I was coaching there, he is an excellent player ”. When he talks about Ogbonna, Conte smiles: “There is a personal relationship with Angelo – he says -: we are very close, I took him to the national team”. The smile passes shortly after, thinking about the challenge: “All three play in an excellent team that in this market has taken important players by spending a lot to become stronger. And they have a coach, David Moyes, who is among the best and most experienced in England. Against them, who have been protagonists in the Premier League in recent years, reaching the Europa League semifinals last season, it is always a difficult match ”.

Departure

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Tottenham reach the “blue derby” with West Ham with 10 points in 4 games, their best start since 2009. And Conte’s hand behind this success is evident. “It’s a very positive start – conceded the coach -. We are working to continue improving in many respects, because I am convinced that we have room to grow a lot more. Sometimes I think we have to grow in terms of personality, attack the game immediately, understand the level immediately. But honestly, I’m seeing a lot of progress. We are proving to be mentally strong, even if not yet strong enough in my opinion. We have to keep working, to be able to bring situations we are working on in training to the match. In terms of commitment, attitude, behavior and improvements, however, I am satisfied with what the team has done in the 9 months with me. Our first goal is to improve compared to last season, because you cannot build a winning structure in such a short time: reducing the gap with those in front of us is difficult, but we are working to do so “.

Praise

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The work that Conte did at Tottenham did not go unnoticed. “Antonio is an incredibly good coach, who knows how to win and how to make sure his team gets results,” says Moyes. I admire him, because he doesn’t care about how you play but about winning. And to be a top manager you need to know how to win, regardless of how you play. He is also lucky to have extraordinary talents in the team ”. Against those extraordinary talents and without the newcomer Paqueta, West Ham will try to agree with Conte, to show that they have become stronger. Maybe thanks to goals from Scamacca, starter on Sunday and chasing the first goal in the Premier League after the two in the preliminary round of the Conference League, to make the London Stadium match even more blue.