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Napoli, penalties and season goals: Antonio Conte loses his cool

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Napoli lost to Juventus in Turin by a clear 3-0 scoreline, but with an episode that caused controversy when the Bianconeri were leading by just one goal. Following a fall in the box by Rasmus Hojlund after a hold-up by Bremer, referee Mariani decided to grant a throw-in without availing himself of the chance to review the incident at Var. A decision that Antonio Conte commented dryly on after the match, along with a reflection on the Azzurri&#8217s season goals.

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Definitely heated tempers during the'friendly between Napoli and Olympiacos
At 35', on the score of 1-0 for 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 have concluded the program of pre-season competitions: on August 23 the'league debut with Sassuolo

At the microphones of ‘Sky Sport‘ Conte was inevitably asked about the contact between Bremer and Hojlund. “I didn&#8217t see it, however I reminded Mariani who had already refereed us against Verona that when he was called back to Var he changed his decision twice – noted the Napoli coach -. These are situations on the field, we are talking about it too often and it is not a good thing. We only hope that both on the part of those watching and those refereeing there is always honesty”.

From this point of view, Conte suggested that he is almost in the situation of preferring refereeing doubts prior to the Var era. “If there&#8217s an error, it has to be a human error. It used to happen, but at that point you could tolerate it more. Because you knew that it was a person who made a mistake. But when you have the support of video, of a film, you struggle more. So let&#8217s hope that the honesty is there, and that this is clean soccer with no special situations” added the Napoli coach with a particularly serious expression on his face.

More piquant was his reaction to a subsequent question, in which he was asked whether he believes Napoli is still in contention for the Scudetto. “Right now, in my opinion, this question is absurd – thundered Conte -. There are still 16 Serie A games left, you cannot get off the boat. There are still so many goals at stake, the Champions League, the Europa League, the Conference League. If you go down, you lose everything”.

“We always try to give our best, Napoli always takes the field with the best possible attitude. These guys give everything they have, every day I see what they endure even from a physical point of view. Because, playing every three days, I know what they have to put up with” concluded Conte.

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