Massimo Rastellicoach and former Napoli striker, speaking to New Point Radio analyzed the various current issues in the Azzurri home, starting with the controversy over VAR started by Antonio Conte: “Conte’s words were momentary and sincere. It was a rush of adrenaline after such an important race. I really don’t think that Antonio had the intention of influencing the refereeing directions with certain utterances, in fact the AIA never likes to suffer criticism of this magnitude… It happened to me first hand, referees don’t like to generate public outcry, but sometimes the adrenaline takes over.
Rastelli also returned – beyond the refereeing controversies – to the issues on the pitch that emerged from Inter-Napoli: “Coming to the match, at San Siro we saw a great Napoli who achieved results with suffering and self-sacrifice. With Conte we are seeing a team that never wants to lose, he gives further push in view of the next matches. Antonio has revived a group that seemed off, but Napoli are not yet 100% free from certain burdens. They are a less carefree team than the Scudetto team, but they are at the beginning of a journey that is already paying off great results. I’m sure we’ll see in the second round much more quality even in the proposal phase.
On the next day of the championship Napoli will be busy with Claudio Ranieri’s new Roma. Rastelli talks about it like this: “The change of coach doesn’t help Napoli, especially now that a specialist like Claudio Ranieri arrives. He has infinite charisma and will immediately put Napoli in difficulty after the restart. All Roma’s players will give that something extra not seen before.”