CASTEL VOLTURNO (ITALPRESS) – “Mental threat with Atalanta? It’s a strong team that won the Europa League. It qualified for the Champions. It must be counted among the strong teams. Credit must be given to the club, to Gasperini, whom I hold in high esteem. He was also my coach in the Juventus spring and through hard work he got the results. You don’t win a cup if you are not strong. We have to be very careful. Maybe they can underestimate the match since we don’t play in the Champions League.” This was stated by Napoli coach Antonio Conte, presenting Sunday’s match at the ‘Maradonà against Atalanta. “The Scudetto? My experience says that we must not make multiple jumps, otherwise the theory of work comes crashing down – added in a press conference the coach of the Azzurri, first in the standings – Maybe I will be wrong, I hope I am wrong. Let’s plug our ears and move on. I don’t know if with Atalanta is a Scudetto challenge, we are two teams that want to go to Europe. Our goal is to get back into Europe through the front door. They are an established reality and they play Champions. Plus there was the icing on the cake with winning the Cup. They have built a path. For us they can be an example because they have put bricks in and are doing well.” The partenopei, after the Verona knockout, have shown they can compete for the title: “I don’t make miracles. I know only one does, I am a practicing Catholic. We have to build something important that will last. Then they say ‘God sees and provides.’ We have to work hard and we must not do anything wrong from this point of view.” Conte, finally, dwelt on a concept dear to him: “Napoli wins or Napoli loses. Conte does not win. I was stunned to read after Inter-Juve that Conte enjoys … The concept is we win and we lose. Those who know me know that it bothers me to make distinctions. We are one. The first place in the standings? I don’t want to take temporary credit because it’s only been 10 games. We all have to be ready to absorb any criticism. We try to be compact by dividing the merits, but the merits of what, that we are only on the tenth day… We all participate in the victories and we all have to participate in the defeats. It exists we, we, we,” Conte concluded.- Photo Image -(ITALPRESS).
