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5.15pm – Napoli continues to look down on everyone and also wins in Turin, against the Granata a goal from McTominay in the half hour of the first half is enough. Soon, from the conference room of the Olimpico Grande Torino stadium, the coach Antonio Conte will comment on the challenge. Follow the live text on Tuttomercatoweb.com.
5.37pm – Conte’s press conference begins
Did you have to close it?
“I have a group of guys who understand a lot when I ask them to improve. This is the aspect that I like most beyond the result and the ranking. We are growing as individuals and as a team, our growth will take place with the growth of the singles. I’m happy, a great Milinkovic-Savic left the match at 1-0. And I’m not calm because maybe on a corner you get a rebound… Toro are an excellent team, I was really fearing this match too Buongiorno had spoken about the Granata environment and their passion, I have lived in Turin for more than thirty years…I had warned the kids, it was a mature response”
Is McTominay the synthesis of the characteristics of his Napoli?
“The final results come to teams that prove they are teams. When you find a team, you know it will be tough: we work to become a tough team from all points of view. Sometimes we take refuge in the result, today we created but there he was a great goalkeeper who prevented us from being calmer in the end. We continue to work, seeing the growth makes me proud. We are making progress, shouldn’t we go back? , I knew him well because I attended the Premier: he has quality, we were good and lucky because he agreed to come in a situation in which we didn’t play in Europe and after a tenth place he could have seen Napoli as a downgrade, but instead he came to be protagonists. And time will give reason”
Now there is the Italian Cup: will those who have played the least play?
“Definitely…The only difficulty I’m having, in quotes, is that when you see a group of 21 players who give you what they give you, they are soldiers, and they deserve more in terms of space and playing time. Not playing the cups , there aren’t many possibilities, it doesn’t mean that we will snub the cup, absolutely, and I am calm and serene about being able to field the players. I did it with Palermo and I will do it again on Thursday with the aim of passing For me, it’s the minimum to understand the improvements that everyone in the squad is making.”
Is it a Scudetto-winning Napoli?
“Today was the 14th match: seeing the other teams a little, how they equipped themselves also in view of the commitments in Europe, and if we were to be good at entering Europe, you will have to strengthen this squad…The president must know this. Today we have 21 outfield players and we did what a team that only plays in the Italian championship and cup does. What I can say, beyond other discussions, is that there is reason for satisfaction that we are there and that we can handle that pressure beyond the result, I see a group that is growing as a collective. It is tangible, it is clear, that what we are doing is growing. Today I asked for certain things, we worked to attack more badly, and today I am never happy. they know…”
And on Toro and on Vanoli
“It’s an excellent team, Paolo is an excellent worker and I always wish him the best”
Was Kvara impactful enough?
“He was good at attacking the area as he did against Roma. Even on Lukaku, Vanja made an absurd save. If we do things in the right way, we can cause trouble”
5.49pm – Conte’s press conference ends