Naples, Conte: “humble but without hiding us. De Bruyne added value”

The Scudetto gives pride but does not change the vision. It will still be a humble Naples, dedicated to work. But with a greater awareness. This is the message that Antonio Conte sends on the day of the first press conference of the season: “By definition whoever has the Scudetto on the shirt favored or among the favorites -underlines the technician -. We must not subtract or hide for fear. We have done a lot to sew on us, it is inevitable that this vintage must be very stimulating. But there is a very recent past that we must never forget. happened two years ago must be teaching, especially to the environment. The bad management of the 2023 scudetto post brought Conte to Naples. And now it will be up to him to manage this new success, with the usual culture of work. “We must not escape the responsibility of bringing the Scudetto, but we must all be united, things will never be easy ever.” What can be the new slogan? “Since we go back to Europe, it is fine with a lot of Again. As I said on the evening of the confirmation, if you prefer it only in Neapolitan then Amma Faticà but with the Assje”.

quality

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Four competitions to face in which his Napoli “will want to bother everyone, like a year ago”. But with the advantage of a market already far ahead, of a deeper and more quality rose, and the possibility of training immediately the team almost complete. “I looked at last year’s photo here in Dimaro, for one reason or another (post -European national teams, late market, editor’s note) at the end of that group remained in six. Logical that today already having a solid base on which to work from the beginning is a huge advantage. There is the basis of those who won last year and in addition they are playing players who will give us a hand, good, but who have not yet touched their highest point in the career. Growing up, that’s my job. Yes, Kevin is added value, man quality who can help Napoli have different ambitions. “We hope it can give us a further step, but saying the first day of retreat is difficult. We needed a player who would raise the quality of the squad, and he was one of the strongest midfielders in the world for many years. Now he comes to us to face a new challenge, even for him it is a different situation: he has already reached very high levels in his career and has a lot to give football”.

the new ones

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Then on other purchases. “They are guys in which we have seen the value, they come to a different age compared to Kevin, they come to structure Napoli not only for the present but also for the future. We give them time to settle, there is to work as always. We are convinced that the road we have taken with the club is to create a solid structure with Napoli and even when I will go away between 5, 7, 10 years, I don’t know, there will also be a stability. Since there are many competitions, we can not think of having owners and not owners.

The Champions League

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And to those who point out to him as part of the criticism that concerns him he speaks of a European journey with little satisfactions, Antonio Ribette. “Do you know how many times I did the Champions League Champions League? You are: two with Juve, one with Chelsea and Tottenham and two with Inter. They are very few. And every time I inherited a team that had not done the Champions League in previous years or was not used to certain levels. It was a little fault, that I did not have the patience to remain so many years in the same club, but I mean that the road is very difficult. who has the best coach in the world, he won once in the last ten years. and the PSG has won this year, despite having had the best players like Mbappé, Messi, Neymar … We know who we are, but we also know what our limits are. The Neapolitan people proud “.