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Naples, Antonio Conte mad at everyone: referees, calendar, journalists

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Napoli out of the Coppa Italia, and Antonio Conte cannot hide his anger and frustration: not only for the penalty shootout defeat accrued against Como, but also for some episodes that occurred at the Maradona Stadium during the match and perhaps above all regarding the reigning Italian champions’season goals. Teased after the match at the microphones of ‘Mediaset’ about his team&#8217s ambitions to win the championship again, the Azzurri coach blurted out: “We have serious problems and a 9-point gap from the top, and you talk about the Scudetto. Inter are traveling, there are also Milan and Juventus. Let”s also try to be serious in our questions, or everything becomes ridiculous”.

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The presenter, super supporter of Napoli, told that in the family there's a black sheep. Indeed, nerazzurra.
He did so in a recent interview granted to the 'Gazzetta dello Sport'. "A scandal" she smiled.
Tons of concepts expressed by the good (and beautiful) Campanian conductor.
"Napoli is experienced as a true faith by those born and raised in the city".
His first times at the stadium go back to'childhood, in the Maradona period.
"There'was also Naldi’s Napoli in Serie B and failure. And I was there'I was"
"Then the slow rise with De Laurentiis from Serie C. And there'I was also there".
In the last three years Napoli has won two championships.

"Winning two titles in three years is something huge".

"Conte’s reappointment was the best news of the'year".
"Soccer looks like life: there are ups, downs, falls and restarts".
"When you are on a high you must rejoice without forgetting that nothing lasts forever".

Already earlier, Conte had deflected after being asked the same thing. “What kind of question is that?”, the Salento coach had thundered. Then, on Napoli’s season-long injuries: “How would it be possible to foresee the injuries of Lukaku, Di Lorenzo, how would it be possible to budget for all this? What are we supposed to do, go to the shrine and say a prayer? They always play the same ones, then you also lose McTominay because of a little problem. I don”t think something like this has ever happened to others, then the club told me that in the market nothing could be done”.

Como beat Napoli on penalties, in a match in which emotions and possible controversy were not lacking even during the 90 minutes of regulation time. On the point Conte expressed himself as follows: “Let’s not talk about refereeing episodes, because in every match something happens and someone has reason to complain. Certainly this is not a good season for the referees and I hope they can find something to improve the situation. But regardless of that everyone complains, not a single player or a single coach”.

On the point, Conte ventured a possible recipe. “You have to take a step forward and try to improve. As the teams do, Rocchi should also improve his referees and VAR. All these complaints are not good for us, for them, for soccer, for everyone” noted the Napoli coach.

Finally, a’analysis on the match. “We came from a game against Genoa played three days ago and ended in 10 against 11. We also lost another player, but this group should only be praised. Napoli is always going beyond our current potential. There isn&#8217t a problem of ambition, just a scarcity of resources”, Conte concluded.

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