Torino-Napoli 0-1, Conte: "McTominay great market intuition"

Turin, 1 December 2024 - In the press conference on the eve of Antonio Conte he had complained about the lack of cynicism of his Napoli. The statistics seem to say something else: the Azzurri know how to suffer and, above all, they know how to capitalize on almost the entire offensive turnover produced. Of course, if then in front of them there is a Vanya Milinkovic-Savic in the Saracen version then all you need is a great left-handed player Scott McTominay to outwit him, among other things on his own post, further strengthening the top of the standings.  

Conte's statements

  The Scotsman was one of the main market requests of the Salento coach, who analyzed the umpteenth 'short face' success of his team to the microphones after the match. "In these games, as in all the others, you have to pay attention to the details. Among them I mention the substitutions: their moves could have created some problems for us and so I decided to stay calm while studying mine. I'm happy with the result and the performance, because the Turin It's never easy to face in this stadium and in this environment. They are a great team, well trained but today, I have to say, the best Granata was their goalkeeper". In fact, never like today the Napoli he created so much, only crashing into one Milinkovic-Savic in great form. "Today we attacked the penalty area badly and only the skill of their goalkeeper deprived us of other goals. We are training from this point of view, because if you want to build a solid team that goes in Europe you have to play in a certain way." Luckily for the Napoli the daily joker dropped it McTominay. "I have not imposed conditions or profiles on the market: if I am then asked for a way to strengthen the team, then I try not to choose the wrong players. On Scott we were all good at working under the radar: it came from Manchester United and he wanted revenge and I can say - he concludes Tale - that we didn't miss the shot."

Vanoli's statements

From master to student Paolo Vanoli, who analyses the defeat of his team, between lights and shadows. "I'm happy with the performance, but not with the result. We wanted to play this match, taking them high, but we need to be better and more determined to create the good episodes. We managed the recovery well, but we lacked the good spark in beating the man in the dangerous areas. I was afraid that the Napoli, dropping back, could become lethal on the counterattacks". A risk that was in fact run several times, while on the other side the Granata attack almost always fired blanks. "A striker has the right instinct. Many things need to be improved, because even midfielders can find the goal. In general - he concludes vanilla - we have to improve in several things, but today the boys, among other things in the face of a very strong team, gave their all".

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