“Should I get this start at Napoli after last year? Yes, why not? This is football: if you work well, it’s also right that you start well.” Thus begins the interview granted by the former Italian defender Alessandro Renica to The Morning and continues: “The team has been completed in all departments: quality players have arrived and important elements have remained. So it is normal that Napoli is at the top table. I don’t see anything extraordinary in it.”
Convincing start therefore, thanks to Conte and the right market or also to a balanced championship so far? “A bit of everyone – says Renica -. Of the staff, of
president who was generous in signing important players, sporting director Manna was good at signing them. But also the completion of the staff with figures who were not there in the past and who are absolutely important. I think of Oriali who is fundamental in keeping the locker room under control and acting as a glue between the coach and the players.”
Finally, given his role as a player, focus on the Neapolitan defense: “Finally he is marking with the right criteria and now he is marking well. It must be acknowledged that under
In this aspect there is painstaking work on Conte’s part: you can see his hand in the team’s defensive performance.”