ROMA (ITALPRESS) – “For us the Champions must be a school. We have to learn from the teachers. Here is the elite of European football: we must try to understand where we are and how we are in this Champions League”. So the technician of Naples, Antonio Conte, on the eve of the race of Champions in travel against the PSV.
“Scott McTominay did not train in full, he did only part of the training. If you feel like playing, he’ll say it. Otherwise, we will find other solutions,” he explained. Perhaps the Scottish midfielder. Out, however, the attacker Hojlund and space, therefore, in Lucca. “We must try to put in place a training as much as possible balanced. We play against Holland champions. Last year we came from underdog and there were no cups. This season we have the Champions, different players and different schemes: it takes time. There will be so much the inclusion of new ones. It is necessary to give him confidence and patience,” said the technician of Naples to the microphones of Sky Sport.
“Kevin De Bruyne? I always try to understand the players I work with. He is having an evelotion: He’s working to try to be more inside the game. He raised our level of play. He changed position: now he is much more involved with the ball and however can always get to the shooting but ‘at lighthouses turned off. We are cutting out a role and he is very involved in this evolution,” he concluded.
“It is clear that we would have wanted another result in Turin but we had some injuries and the new ones are adapting. I personally am very well, every day I understand better what the mister wants and what the team needs, but it takes time for everyone. We have a very strong group and we want to show it tomorrow,” said Sam Beukema.
“I have already played twice here in the Netherlands and have arrived two beautiful victories: we hope to add a third”, the hope of former Bologna, aware of the difficulties: “The Psv has great quality, especially in the possession phase, practice the typical Dutch football: they want to attack, they are very offensive. We must be careful: if we succeed, we can do a good performance.”
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