After days and days of controversy and rest in Turin, the Napoli coach returns to the saddle of his creature with a new attitude: a lot of his future depends on the commitments of the next few days
Is it absurd, perhaps even a little extreme, to define it as perhaps the most important, delicate week of his glorious career? Maybe. The fact remains, and this is indisputable, that Antonio Conte is truly on the eve of three matches that can change the professional perspective of this season and his personal moods. In fact, Atalanta and the trip to the Olimpico in eight days against Roma will tell us – and we will talk about it later – whether the new and absolutely original strategy that he has personally adopted has managed to create a new scenario. Also chasing away that excess of negativity that is probably exaggeratedly fueling the hopes of the competition. Because Napoli, with all its problems and all its controversies, is still there, a stone’s throw from first place. With the possibility of regaining the summit even at very short notice. But it is true, indisputable, that the passage of the next two championship matches is somehow decisive. Because this time we don’t start from a running start, but Napoli must defend and indeed reaffirm their role as Italian Champions. Just as the mid-week match with Qarabag in the Champions League is decisive, also from the point of view of the standings.