After the hard-fought 2-1 victory against Parma, Napoli coach Antonio Conte expressed satisfaction with the result but was also critical of the transfer market system, which remains open during the opening matchdays of the season. The victory at the "Maradona" stadium, achieved thanks to goals from Lukaku and Anguissa, allowed the Azzurri to earn three precious points, but Conte highlighted the difficulties the team faced.
"After Romelu's goal, I came onto the pitch to tell the boys to get the ball back immediately and get back to playing.
There were still ten minutes of injury time because in the second half there was very little playing time. 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.
We conceded too much in the first half, 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 set pieces and acknowledged that there will be a lot of work to do to improve further: "We'll need goals from everyone, even from set pieces. We still have a lot of work to do.
We started this reconstruction with a reduced group, only 10-12 players, and the transfer market brought important reinforcements, but it wasn't easy."
Conte also strongly criticized the transfer market system opened during the season: "We found ourselves coaching players who later left and waiting for others we'd never coached. 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 weren't ready yet."
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 on international duty. We need to work hard to integrate them as best we can 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 If he had left, maybe we would have bought other players and completed the squad differently, but now we have to focus only on the pitch."
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