Interviewed by ‘Radio Kiss Kiss Napoli’, manager Pietro Lo Monaco analyzed the moment of Antonio Conte’s Napoli, the team that leads the Serie A table after ten days: “The teams that Conte sets up are pragmatic, essential, aggressive, applied, he has always played this football here. I think that today’s Napoli is the emblem of Conte’s idea of football. Last championship was devastating in every sense and undermined the team’s way of being, it was Conte who rebuilt it and he did it in a short time.
Then in another passage he added: “We have to say well done to Conte, I hope that Napoli get to the end and there are all the conditions to be able to do so. Conte is good at keeping his team on edge, maybe some won’t like Conte, but he’s a winner. Olivera Conte knows what to do to get the most out of each player. Conte knows that there is a need for reinforcements on the left, he would like Dorgu very much.”
This is the updated Serie A standings:
Naples 25
Inter 21
Atalanta 19
Juventus 18
Fiorentina 16*
Lazio 16*
Udinese 16
Milan 14*
Turin 14*
Bologna 12*
Empoli 11
Rome 10*
Like 9*
Parma 9
Verona 9
Cagliari 9
Monza 8
Venice 8
Lecce 8
Genoa 6
* one game less
The results of the 10th day:
Tuesday 29 October
Cagliari-Bologna 0-2 (35′ Orsolini, 51′ Odgaard)
Lecce-Verona 1-0 (51′ Dorgu)
Milan-Napoli 0-2 (5′ Lukaku, 43′ Kvaratskhelia)
Wednesday 30 October
Empoli-Inter 0-3 (50′ Frattesi, 67′ Frattesi, 79′ Lautaro)
Venezia-Udinese 3-2 (19′ Lovric, 25′ Iker Brao, 41′ Pohjanpalo (r), 56′ Nicolussi Caviglia, 86′ Pohjanpalo (r))
Atalanta-Monza 2-0 (70′ Samardzic, 88′ Zappacosta)
Juventus-Parma 2-2 (3′ Del Prato, 31′ McKennie, 38′ Sohm, 49′ Weah)
The races scheduled for tonight
Genoa-Fiorentina at 6.30pm
Como-Lazio at 8.45pm
Rome-Turin at 8.45pm