Antonio Conte admits that profitable back-to-back Serie A titles with Napoli is a ‘very, very tough’ purpose to realize, however insists that he and the staff will lay low and let the others do the speaking as they put together for the beginning of their Scudetto defence.
Conte offers Napoli preview for 2025-26
Napoli will get their 2025-26 season underway with a visit to newly-promoted Sassuolo on Saturday night, in what can be their first aggressive match since .
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Conte is now confronted with the problem of changing into the primary ever Napoli head coach to win a number of league titles, and the primary coach to win back-to-back Serie A titles since Massimiliano Allegri with Juventus in 2017-18 and 2018-19.
epa12129564 SSC Napoli�s coach Antonio Conte celebrates profitable 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
“The truth that I might be the primary coach to win two league titles with Napoli signifies that no person has ever managed to do it earlier than, so this already makes us perceive the problem of doing so,” Conte mentioned on the matter in an interview with .
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“We’ve got to remain calm, it’s a really, very tough purpose. We’ll see what occurs this yr. We’re fairly calm. We’ll fly low and let others do the speaking. We’ve got to talk in info.”
Conte was additionally requested if he feels that Napoli are worthy favourites for the 2025-26 title, to which he replied: “I don’t suppose it ought to be the coach who solutions this query. There are consultants, and so they make their predictions and can say whether or not we’re full or not.
“In pre-season, everybody says they labored effectively. We’ve got additionally labored exhausting, however now we’ve to carry all of that onto the pitch. I don’t care who the opponent is, the necessary factor is that others see Napoli as an opponent within the battle for the Scudetto.”
Conte offers verdict on De Bruyne and Lucca
Kevin De Bruyne on first day of Napoli pre-season coaching, July 15, 2025.
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Conte additionally gave his opinions on two of Napoli’s new recruits.
The Partenopei head coach had nothing however positives to say about Kevin De Bruyne, however feels that Lorenzo Lucca nonetheless has loads of room to develop.
“He instantly understood the distinction between Manchester Metropolis and Napoli,” Conte mentioned when requested about De Bruyne’s influence to date.
“He’s been very humble, attentive and clever. He’s match completely into this atmosphere.”
And on Lucca, he added: “If we’ve signed him it’s as a result of we expect he might help the staff. We signed him to let him develop behind Lukaku, so we’ll see how lengthy that takes and the way a lot he can provide us.”