“We are less competitive than the other big names”

By beating Monza, Napoli climbed to sixth place in Serie A. But coach Antonio Conte is convinced that his team cannot fight for the scudetto: “The fans must dream, I must keep my feet on the ground”.

Success on Monza brings Napoli to the top of the table. The team of Conte achieved the fifth consecutive useful result in the championship, and once again armored the defense. The Neapolitans have overtaken Juventus, Milan, Inter and Turin. The Neapolitan coach, however, does not want to hear about the Scudetto, and has clearly tried to remove it Napoli among the favorites for the Serie A title.

There is an advantage and a disadvantage to not playing cups

The favorite Antonio Conte does not want the role and in words, in the hot interview with DAZN, he explained first of all the pros and cons of not playing the European cups: “There is an advantage and a disadvantage in not playing in Europe. The advantage is that you can train the team all week. The disadvantage is that you don’t have a squad as competitive as those of the teams that play in Europe, and this is not I hear nowhere. We must continue to work to fuel our dreams. But I have to look at reality, and we are very far from dreams. We have to sweat every game. Even with Monza we worked hard.”

Conte doesn’t think Napoli is in contention for the Scudetto

Napoli are galloping, after the first match lost against Verona they recovered quickly and are now in command. Conte does not forget the past, he does not forget last season, the heavy transfers and the words of president De Laurentiis: “Not even three months have passed since the start of the season. The president was clear when talking about reconstruction, Osimhen and Zielinski left. We lost 14 players, 7 arrived. I hear about things. It’s okay that there is great expectation towards meI know, because I’ve done important things, and I’m fine with it. But let’s keep our feet on the ground.”

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Adding:Let the fans dream. the reality is that we have to work a lot. Many teams are ahead of us for many situations, we are starting from behind, running back and we will try to do our best”.

“We have to take Napoli where they compete”

To make his concept even more effective he closed the speech by saying: “I have a minimum of experience to know certain things, compared to those who just talk, compared to those who talk about who wins championships or championshipsit’s too easy to talk. We have recently started a construction process, we have to take Napoli where they belong and must not get 40 points behind Inter and tenth like last year”.

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Lukaku trains to get back to his best condition

Politano and Kvaratskhelia were the goalscorers against Monza, but the Italian coach received questions about Romelu Lukaku, who was left without a goal for the second consecutive match:The important thing is that Romelu, regardless of whether he scores or not, is that he actively participates in the matchwhat he has to do, that contributes to the team’s final goal. Then he is certainly working and trying to make him do loads above average. It didn’t arrive in perfect condition, because when you’re out of the squad and training with the boys, it’s not easy. But he can totally move something during the game. If he scores it’s better, but he was important for the team.”

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