Conte, Getty images December 01, 2025, 5:28 p.m

The head coach of Napoli, Antonio Conte, spoke after the victory over Roma (1:0) in the 13th round of the Italian Serie A. His words are quoted by DAZN.

“To come to Olimpico and play with such confidence as we do, constantly going forward, is not easy.

Roma have had a run of positive results, they are ahead of us in the table and they are a very good team. I’m happy because I saw the guys play with character, we looked them in the eye from the start.

I am very satisfied. Having said all that, we can’t walk around all this, we are in a very difficult period with so many players out with injuries and it will continue for some time. Not that I’m worried, but I really hope that the players I have now stay healthy, otherwise we will have more problems.

The good news is that the team reacted well to all these losses, we had to change the tactical formation and go back to the 3-4-2-1 that I used at the beginning when I came to Napoli. This is dictated solely by the number of midfielders we have now, namely Lobotka and McTominay,” said Conte.