CASTEL VOLTURNO (CASERTA) (ITALPRESS) – “The European Tuesday and Wednesday confirmed that there are strong Italian teams. Inter, Atalanta and Milan have won. Yesterday Roma showed that they are a great team at home to Tottenham. Sometimes we underestimate success. Fiorentina also did well. Today you have to deal with strong opponents. Kudos to them because this is all part of a project. We also want to get to impose ourselves in Europe. We work to have strong ambitions.” This was stated by Antonio Conte at the press conference presenting Torino-Napoli scheduled for Sunday at the Stadio Olimpico. “Kvaratskhelia? At the level of determination, desire he is continuously growing. He was very disappointed because he had two important chances to score. We would have managed the game better. He is a young man who is willing to grow. He is only 23 years old, he is on the ball. He is in tune with his teammates. I see a footballer who wants to take steps forward like everyone else. I am very calm. We are talking about a good kid who has realized that he can grow a lot and become a top level player.” Napoli, after slipping in the league opener, took the lead in the standings. “We have to be very realistic and know that we are on day 13 and there are so many teams within a few points. It’s a league that has proven to be balanced. I personally don’t think it will stay that way. At the end of the first half it will start to get longer. We can only be pleased because it means that the work is working. Day by day we are laying important foundations, and I still see a continuous growth of the team and the individual. Today I have a squad that has grown a lot individually compared to Dimaro and Castel di Sangro. Credit to the guys who have a desire to improve.” Spotlight on the next opponent, on his friend Vanoli’s Toro. “Paolo is a hard worker. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I was ct. Then I brought him with me, he worked on my staff. He has a desire to grow. I was sorry when he decided to break away but at the same time I was proud that I was able to give something to Paolo as well,” Conte’s words. His Torino in difficulty? I saw the matches, I analyzed them. They started very well, then they had Zapata’s injury. But it is a very solid group, it has good quality. Toro is quietly in the middle of the standings even though there hasn’t been a victory for a long time. I live in Turin, almost every Sunday I saw them. It’s an environment I know, it’s nice and warm. It’s very attached to history. It’s a game to be approached in the right way. One must have respect for the team and the environment.” Returning to his Napoli, according to Conte it needs to be improved “when we get in the last twenty meters. In the shot of the talented player, in the choice to make, in the way of attacking the air in a bad way. We have been working on this for a while. It leaves me happy to see the application of the guys. Whenever we face a certain situation they understand and apply themselves 100 percent. They have a desire to improve, to raise the level. Everyone, from the first to the last.”- Photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS).
