Napoli, Antonio Conte and Aurelio De Laurentiis enjoy Super Cup triumph
Technician Antonio Conte and President Aurelio De Laurentiis celebrate Napoli’s triumph in the Italian Super Cup at the microphones of Italia 1 after the 2-0 win over Bologna in the final in Riyadh.
“We come from a Scudetto and now an Italian Super Cup, won against very strong teams. It has been a beautiful journey – said Antonio Conte -. Two years ago Napoli had lost in the Super Cup final against Inter’Inter and few people remember that. Today it was the same. It had already been a good run, but we all know very well that in soccer it matters who wins, who puts the trophies in the trophy cabinet.”
“No one goes to look at who was the’other finalist. This is coming from someone who has lost a lot of finals, and those certainly made me very bad from that point of view. When you lose the badness increases and you try not to relive that moment because those are bad moments, you have to put the icing on the cake. I congratulate Bologna who is a reality of Italian soccer, today they were a highly competitive opponent, I congratulate Italiano, the players and the club.”
“Are we closer to Inter, Milan and Juventus? No, absolutely not. I would be a liar to say that. Last year we won the Scudetto with a very small squad, this year we have included many players, but we are absolutely not ready to lead. In this period in the league we have to stay as close as possible to the Champions zone, those four places will be very difficult. We are absolutely not ready, we are not even close”.
Con Conte is echoed by De Laurentiis: “We lost 2-0 in Bologna, here we tied the score, but this game was worth a Cup. Now we expect them in Naples for the game of truth. Last year we only had the championship and the Coppa Italia, but with so many injuries. This year the same thing, but we’ve faced it with a much larger roster – he added.”
“This success fills us with joy and must also make the fans rejoice. To them I say dream and in dreams think ‘forza Napoli’. It was since the era of Maradona that two trophies were not won in the same year. The team was strong in previous years as well, Conte is a master at synthesizing the players he has at his disposal. I have made very few mistakes in my life, both with directors and players and coaches” De Laurentiis concluded.
