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On the eve of Napoli, in the framework of the home match, thirty -third round of the Italian series A beat Empoli.

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After the game was completed, the head coach of “Partenopia” Antonio Conte commented on the performance of his own team.

“Often, the impression of the game is influenced by its result.

At first we talked about returning to 4-3-3, then, after Bologna, we asked for extra space for Rasadori and more in the same spirit. But I do not allow myself to move away from a given course.

I look at how the team trains, I evaluate the daily work. The problems were not in the first or second timings, but in a certain mental dynamics: often, after we were in the account, we instinctively lowered into defense, and the opponent got our space. It can look like a physical decline, but it is a more psychological problem.

Today, in a break, I told the boys to perceive the game as a 0-0 account and sought to win. The reaction was excellent. The game was at a very high level, and I think the audience also appreciated it.

As for the empoli, it is difficult for me to see them in the departure zone: they are well located on the field, and if you do not play with them carefully, they will cause you a lot of trouble.

Lukaka and McTomini made their contribution, but this victory is the result of everyone’s work: from Makokki to Juan Zhezus, from Billing to Ngong, and to Rasador and everyone who went to the field. It is the success of the team, which has always responded in similar moments, and which now begins to reap the fruits of its dedication.

I think about Rafa Marina: he was called at a delicate moment and coped very well. And I expect that from this point to the end players with more experience and charisma will make a difference and take responsibility.

We do something beautiful, perhaps unexpected. And I say it with irony: you have to thank us that we keep this championship alive, otherwise the headlines for newspapers would already have exhausted themselves, ” – said Italian specialist.

In the next round, Napoli will stay in Monzi.