Napoli journey to Sassuolo on Saturday afternoon for his or her opening sport of the 2025-26 Serie A season, with Antonio Conte’s aspect desperate to defend their Scudetto title.
Talking to the press forward of tomorrow’s match, Conte mentioned a number of subjects, together with the , Napoli’s place as favourites and his membership’s summer season switch market.
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With quotes taken , Conte kicked off the convention by discussing Lukaku’s harm: “It’s a important harm for a participant who had a particular significance for the workforce. We all know full properly that conditions like this may come up all year long. One thing related occurred final yr too and I’m not simply speaking about accidents but in addition the switch market.
“The lads confirmed final yr that they’ll address something. We should not complain however as an alternative discover options. I haven’t even spoken to the lads about it as a result of accidents are a part of the sport. Now we have to work to make our gamers shine.”
LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 11: Antonio Conte, Supervisor of Tottenham Hotspur, celebrates after their sides second objective throughout the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on March 11, 2023 in London, England. (Photograph by Catherine Ivill/Getty Photos)
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Conte talks workforce information and techniques
Conte’s Napoli received the Scudetto final season, narrowly pipping Inter to the title on the ultimate day of the season. A lot of the Neapolitan aspect stays the identical, with no star participant gross sales except for Victor Osimhen, who was already not concerned within the squad throughout the 2024-25 marketing campaign.
Speaking about his squad, Conte stated “This group doesn’t must repeat the work they did final yr. We’re speaking about accountable guys who wish to work laborious and enhance day after day. What I’ve highlighted is historic, as a result of Napoli have by no means received two consecutive Scudetti. Let’s keep in mind that Napoli completed tenth within the season earlier than final, having solely bought Kim; that should be clear. We should win and lose collectively. Will probably be a tricky championship with many well-equipped groups and our job will probably be to do our greatest. By successful, we’ve opened new horizons for a lot of groups and never simply these accustomed to successful.”
Conte additionally talked techniques, saying “We inevitably must work and discover options. We all know full properly that 4-3-3 is the correct formation for this workforce. We’ve additionally made some signings that match properly with this formation however there are different avenues to discover. An excellent coach, in my view, should all the time discover the correct answer, fielding the very best gamers with out distorting their nature. Proper now, we solely have one striker and we have to begin occupied with discovering different options as properly.”
epa12129582 SSC Napoli�s coach Antonio Conte celebrates successful the 2024/2025 Serie A title after the Italian Serie A soccer match between SSC Napoli and Cagliari Calcio, in Naples, Italy, 23 Might 2025. SSC Napoli received their fourth league title. EPA-EFE/CIRO FUSCO
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Conte on Napoli Scudetto defence and expectations
Conte revealed that his Napoli aspect are decided to honour their position as champions and as soon as once more attempt to make to historical past: “We put on the Scudetto on our shirts and subsequently, by definition, we’re among the many favourites – even when we had misplaced all our gamers. Dropping Lukaku means dropping an necessary participant but it surely doesn’t make a distinction within the notion.”
“Final yr, we received by doing nice issues. If we discuss struggling, even once we win, then I’ll retire. We win and lose collectively, you can’t separate the 2. The environment can’t be with us once we win and towards us once we lose. True Neapolitan assist is all the time towards the workforce. Final yr, we already confirmed we are able to deal with strain by doing one thing unimaginable.
“I’m not one for grand speeches, I’m for the essence. We have to preserve our heads down and preserve going, in any other case the end result dangers being the identical as two years in the past, the place the one accused have been the coach, gamers and the president. We have to apply optimistic strain, not detrimental. Let’s attempt to be united and assist these guys as a result of they’ve proven an excellent sense of belonging: they’ve already made historical past with two Scudetti in three years.”