Antonio Conte reveals a nasty incident in coaching dominated Kevin De Bruyne out of tonight’s sport with and despatched him to hospital. ‘There’s no head trauma, however he wanted 4 stitches.’
It kicks off on the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona at 19.45 UK time (20.45 CEST).
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The was anticipated to start out this night, however within the afternoon
The character of the damage was not clear and he’s not even on the bench tonight.
Conte confirms De Bruyne setback
NAPLES, ITALY – OCTOBER 25: Kevin De Bruyne of SSC Napoli, as a substitute of celebrating the aim, stops everybody because of an damage through the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on October 25, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photograph by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Photos)
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“De Bruyne had mainly a collision in coaching, a conflict of heads, his cheekbone cut up open, he had 4 stitches and checks. There is no such thing as a head trauma, however he’s nonetheless not in nice form,”
There may be the return of captain , who had not featured since struggling a knee ligament damage on January 31 towards .
NAPLES, ITALY – FEBRUARY 15: Antonio Conte SSC Napoli head coach through the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on February 15, 2026 in Naples, Italy. (Photograph by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Photos)
“I believe Giovanni represents Napoli of this period, he’s been right here a very long time, is the captain, the one participant who’ve received the whole lot the membership received in these years.
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“He’s an vital participant, a charismatic determine, now after two weeks of coaching with the crew, it’s solely proper that he returns to the beginning XI.”
VERONA, ITALY – FEBRUARY 28: Antonio Conte head coach of SSC Napoli through the Serie A match between and SSC Napoli at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on February 28, 2026 in Verona, Italy. (Photograph by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photos)
Inter have clinched the Scudetto with three rounds to spare, turning into the brand new Champions of Italy after Napoli took the title final season.
Conte had stated that second place was simply the primary for losers, however does he nonetheless consider that?
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“We attempt to do our greatest. I believe this has been a really, very troublesome 12 months the place we discovered ourselves in conditions that might’ve knocked us down. Those that have been left over did effectively to cowl absences that lasted 5 – 6 months,” replied Conte.
“We saved ourselves afloat, Inter deserve credit score for his or her title and the profitable mentality can be proven by giving credit score to the crew that did higher. Inter received, congratulations to them, however that doesn’t imply that we misplaced.”