After the hard-fought 2-1 victory against Parma, Antonio Conte, Napoli coach, was satisfied with the result but did not spare criticism of the transfer market system, which remains open during the first days of the championship. The success at the “Maradona”, achieved thanks to goals from Lukaku and Anguissa, allowed the Azzurri to earn three precious points, but Conte highlighted the difficulties that the team faced.
“After Romelu’s goal I entered the field to tell the boys to immediately get the ball back and get back to playing.
There were still ten minutes of added time because in the second half there was very little playing. Then, after Anguissa's second goal, I was finally able to celebrate", explained Conte at the end of the match. “It was a heartfelt performance, against a great team with players capable of hurting you badly if you leave them space.
In the first half we conceded too much, but in the second half we were more compact and we deserved these three points."
The coach then commented on the importance of goals from dead-ball situations and acknowledged that there will be a lot of work to do to improve further: “We will need goals from everyone, even from set pieces. We still have to work on many aspects.
We started this reconstruction with a reduced group, only 10-12 players, and the market brought important reinforcements, but it wasn't easy."
Conte also strongly criticized the transfer market system opened during the season: "We found ourselves training players who then left and waiting for others we had never trained. It's an absurd situation, the transfer market should close before the start of the championship. Today we had Lobotka and Anguissa in midfield, but the bench was empty.
Iaccarino and Saco left on loan and the new arrivals were not yet ready."
The coach underlined the difficulties of managing the team due to a market still in progress: “Romelu has only been in training for two weeks, Neres has just arrived and McTominay and Gilmour are away with their national teams. We have to work hard to integrate them as best as possible during the break.” However, Conte said he was satisfied with the work done by the club on the market: “I'm happy with the work done.
Se osimhen had he left, maybe we would have taken other players and completed the squad differently, but now we have to focus only on the pitch".
Article published on 31 August 2024 - 23:41
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