Antonio Conte expresses his irritation at being compelled to vary tactical system once more when Napoli go to Lazio. ‘We attempt to discover the very best outfit to swimsuit the traits of those gamers.’
It kicks off on the Stadio Olimpico at 17.00 GMT.
David Neres is out injured for a number of weeks, becoming a member of Leonardo Spinazzola and Mathias Olivera on the remedy desk, so there’s a with Giacomo Raspadori partnering Romelu Lukaku.
The excellent news is the return of Alessandro Buongiorno for his first sport of 2025 after struggling a again damage in coaching.
“It is vitally troublesome for a coach to work on a system. Because the begin of the season, for a lot of causes, we began with one thought of the 3-4-2-1, then acquired to the 4-3-3 altering the actions and mechanisms,”
The coach has hinted many instances at his frustration getting Scott McTominay and Lukaku solely proper on the finish of the summer season switch interval, when the season had already began.
“These adjustments had been to get the very best out of the traits of the gamers that the membership places at your disposal. Then for a interval we had a kind of 4-2-2-2, till we reached the 4-3-3 with these very vast males that in my opinion was the fitting outfit for Napoli.
“At this time, that turns into troublesome as a result of we’re lacking gamers, so clearly we have to not invent one thing new, however attempt to discover the very best outfit for the present aspect to swimsuit the traits of those gamers.”
Conte coping with a altering Napoli squad
With the departure of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia to Paris Saint-Germain, Conte discovered with the Neres damage that he was brief on wingers.
These sides already met twice within the house of some days in December, as first Lazio gained 3-1 within the Coppa Italia Spherical of 16, then took a 1-0 victory on the Stadio Maradona in Serie A. Can the brand new ways additionally assist counter their strengths?
“You solely change system for a superb motive since you are compelled to, not simply to swimsuit the opponents, in order that has nothing to do with it,” replied Conte.
“Having mentioned that, Lazio beat us twice, so that they deserve credit score for that, we labored all week to attempt to get this new system working.”
The stress is on the Partenopei now, as back-to-back 1-1 attracts in opposition to Roma and Udinese have seen the hole on the high of the desk whittled right down to only one level.