Antonio Conte straightforward: ‘I’m not signing for the Champions League’
The words of Antonio Conte
Antonio Conte spoke in a press conference on the eve of Napoli-Venezia: "The biggest pitfalls in this kind of match are the fact that, as we are still in the middle of the festive season, thoughts are still turned to celebrating. This I would not accept, by any means. We should not think that it will beà easy to win against Venezia, è a team with their own organization and a very good coach. For us, three crucial points are up for grabs, we have to keep putting hay in the hay, these are points we will need in the future".
"Signing for a Champions League placement? I never like to sign for minimal goals, those who know me know that. Then each of us knows very well what our goals are, where we start from. But I never sign for a minimum goal, we have to keep doing what we are doing. 38 points is a lot, considering our start, è it is inevitable that we want to confirm and continue to improve and we just need to keep working".
So è returned to the match with Genoa: "I look at the glass half full, I prefer to look at the first half of that match. Competitions have to be analyzed in full, we analyzed all 95 minutes well, I have guys who are very responsible and they are the first ones who made some assessments. The second half against Genoa è a cue to continue to improve and to raise the level".
"Kvara with Neres? Anything è possible, everyone can be part of the starting lineup, then there are balancing situations to evaluate, depending on the team you go up against. We are talking about footballers who can be decisive. So far we have always seen Politano with Kvara, then Politano with Neres, sooner or later it will come; Neres’ turn with Kvara as well, but this does not mean a rejection for anyone. Politano had an intestinal problem, today he è trained, we will make evaluations".
On Lukaku: "" one of the 21 movement players we have. Now è he è is in top form, we don’t have to wait for who knows what. He è Lukaku and the expectations on him are higher than others, è he is a player of international depth and his resume leads to creating expectations, he has to continue doing what he is doing, he knows that very well too. He has to maintain these expectations".
Comment on the market: "It seems to me that I have already answered: I will never deal with market issues, on this there'è the club, decide on it if there'è to change something, it is exclusively up to the club, I only asked to keep my 21 movement players as a number, in this way we can maintain a good level even during training".
