Since he moved to Naples David Neres he put together 4 assists and 2 goals in just 144 minutes on the pitch. After the victory against Como he also talked about it Antonio Conte in the press conference: “What’s holding him back is the issue of balance. You know very well that teams must always be balanced, this is important for us. David is growing exponentially, what we’ve worked on is bringing him to a point of from an important physical, tactical and condition point of view. David has had ups and downs in recent years, he wasn’t a starter for Benfica last year, I’m trying to reach some points with him too, on an offensive level he has important characteristics and in the last period I saw that he is also applying himself a lot on a defensive level. What Neres has done today is to raise the level of competitiveness, even among the boys. it is written that he always plays. What is certain is that he who plays is doing his duty.
I found Politano much more grown up, from the point of view of desire, self-sacrifice, sacrifice, this leaves me very serene. I talked about Gilmour I would like to give him more space, then you see Lobotka and say wait a minute (laughs, ed.)… Ngonge himself, I didn’t give him minutes today but I won’t give time to anyone, but at the written time there is no it’s no one who necessarily plays and someone else doesn’t. David scored a goal today and could have scored another, he injured an opposing player. Having an impact like his, a coach also takes this into consideration: finding players who come in and have a devastating impact is not so easy.”