The smile was found again with the 2-1 victory over Parma and the arrival of the latest market bangs (in addition to Neres, who has already taken to the field with the dukes, Lukaku, Gilmour and McTominay were also signed in the final hours of the summer session) Naples looks to the future with a certain amount of optimism, in the first season under the guidance of the new coach Antonio Conte.
The Apulian coach and his methods were the main subject of the reflections of two players registered with the Campania team who have spoken in these hours. The Slovakian international Stanislav Lobotkafor example, spoke of Conte’s decisive approach to managing the market: “Conte, the new coach, decided immediately after his arrival not to let four players go anywhere. And there’s not much you can do about it.” Few words, but they clarify the atmosphere that was felt right from the start. Lobotka also reassured us about his lack of desire to escape elsewhere: “I’m happy in Naples, I’m in no hurry to go anywhere. Now I’m my age and I think differently than when I was 23.”
Anyone who is not working with Conte for the first time is Matthew Politanowho also shared the experience at Inter with the Lecce coach. And, interviewed by the Neapolitan club’s partner radio station, the winger immediately wanted to remember him: “It was nice to meet Conte again after six months at Inter: I found him motivated and ready to work. We have changed the way we work on a tactical level compared to the Nerazzurri when we played 3-5-2, here it’s a 3-4-2-1: the tactics have changed but not the intensity of the training”.