The defending champion coach talks about the new season: The competition will be fierce and will give De Bruyne enough chance

After Napoli defeated the newly promoted Sassuolo relatively easily in the first match, head coach Conte also accepted an interview with the media. Conte talked about the issue of technology and tactics, without any sweet words or too many official diplomatic rhetoric. This shows that the coach is indeed full of personality and is really pursuing pure football.

Conte said that Napoli's performance in this game was not what he was satisfied with, and they had a lot of room for improvement, especially after the game started, the team's posture was relatively slow to warm up, which was not what he wanted. As the defending champions of last season, there will definitely be teams in the new season and regard them as enemies. Therefore, they need to actively respond from the beginning, play their own style, and create a new system and improve their performance based on experience.

When talking about the new aid De Bruyne, Conte gave praise. He believed that although De Bruyne was not fully familiar with his tactical ideas for the time being, his abilities and past experience were indeed completely fine. He would do his best to integrate this key gentleman into his framework and become the real commander of this team. Although De Bruyne made some mistakes in the game, his personal transmission and overall organization did make people see the level that Mr. Big Scene should have. Conte trusts him and Naples to get better and better.

When talking about McTominay, who performed well last season, Conte said that the player was as good as ever, and his impact and insertion could have devastating effects. In addition, when the opponent sticks to intensive defense, McTominay's long-range shooting ability also has excellent effect on breaking the wasteland. Therefore, he will continue to activate him in the new season, striving to give this Serie A best midfielder last season and create more opportunities to maintain his outstanding posture.

When talking about the championship competition in the new season, although Napoli's overall strength has been upgraded and is better than last season, Conte showed an extremely low-key attitude. He said that he and the team will work hard to compete for the trophy, but it will be a difficult season, because there will be seven or eight teams that have the ability to compete for the championship and compete for the Champions League, and they are all teams with excellent strength and a complete lineup. Naples will face great challenges, especially in the championship. There are many teams who are relatively close to Naples' strength. They need to control themselves well and maintain a balanced physical fitness, strategy and star newcomer effect. This is true. In the new season, Naples will not only encounter many challenges from its opponents, but also make adjustments from its own internal areas. You should know that Napoli gained the advantage of single-line combat last season, especially at the end of the season, their performance was actually not good. However, the enemy who competed for the championship, Inter Milan fought on multiple fronts and came to the level of the Champions League final, and his physical strength was not as good as theirs, so the two teams became the competition for each other.

And Napoli will also participate in the Champions League in the new season, which puts high demands on them. In addition, Conte used to be an outsider in foreign wars and an insider in civil wars. I wonder how he will work hard to improve himself this time.