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Antonio Conte, victory over Juventus not enough: "We in emergency"

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Antonio Conte rejoices in his Napoli’s victory over Juventus, but reiterates the state of emergency in which in his opinion a team that nonetheless has taken back the top of the Serie A standings continues to play. After the match at the Maradona Stadium, the Azzurri coach praised his team and the results it is getting. Especially considering the absences he is dealing with.

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Definitely heated tempers during the friendly between Napoli and Olympiacos

At 35', on the score of 1-0 to Napoli, a harsh intervention of El Kaabi on Rrahmani did not go down to Antonio Conte
The'Napoli coach entered the field and did not send them to the match director, demanding a severe measure

At the same time, the technician of the'Olympiacos, Mendilibar
A huddle of players formed in a few seconds around the two technicians

It took a while' of time before bringing the situation back to calm
In the end came, albeit with difficulty, the clarification between the two technicians
No action instead by the'referee, despite the vibrant protests
The'episode is among others happened a couple of minutes after Lukaku's exit from the field due to injury
In the end Napoli won the match, with the score of 2-1
On target for the Parthenopeans Politano and Lucca. On the field also McTominay and De Bruyne
The partenopei concluded the program of pre-season competitions: on August 23 the'league debut with Sassuolo

“I have to keep saying thank you to my players and congratulate all of them – Conte told ‘DAZN’ -We are having a very difficult time from a numerical point of view, and yet we are doing really incredible things. The group has grown so much, those who play always put so much responsibility on the field. And I am really proud of this Naples, because everyone has understood the period we are facing”.

Conte has moreover announced that there will be no weighty recoveries any time soon. “No one is recovering – said the Napoli coach without mincing words -. Fortunately, Lobotka does not have problems with the soleus, but only with the anterior tibial. To see him back on the field we have to wait 10-15 days. It could have even ended worse than that, but this year is really special. On purpose I had not fielded him with Cagliari to avoid problems, but he got injured doing a torello”.

“The difficulties are there, but we are always managing to counter them with workable solutions. Credit is due to the boys, who want to stick together at a time when Naples is in full emergency”, Conte reiterated.

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