The champions of Serie A Napoli must be humble and learn from the errors they made during their disastrous defense of the title during the 2023-24 campaign, warned the manager Antonio Conte.
Napoli endured a turbulent campaign 2023-24, finishing 10th and crossing three managers after coach Luciano Spalletti left the club. Spalletti had led them to their first Scudetto title in 33 years during the 2022-23 season.
Conte, which won three Serie A as director of Juventus and one in Inter Milan with a Premier League trophy with Chelsea, received responsibility to relaunch Napoli in June of last year and quickly won the Scudetto in the recently finished season.
“By definition, those who have the scudetto on their jersey are the favorites or among the favorites. We must not avoid or hide for fear”, “ Conte told journalists on Friday.
“We worked hard to adapt. It is inevitable that this year is very difficult.
“But there is a very recent past that we must never forget. We must learn even negative lessons. What happened two years ago must be a lesson, especially for the environment. We are on the ground and we work, there will never be a flight of fantasy. We will be very humble.”
Napoli has strengthened his winning team from the title with the addition of the Belgian playmaker Kevin de Bruyne, the Dutch winger Noa Lang and the Italian central defender Luca Marianucci, among others.
De Bruyne, considered one of the greatest field circles in the history of the Premier League, has raised 19 trophies at Manchester City since its move in 2015 on the German side VFL Wolfsburg – a transport that includes six Premier League titles and a crown of the Champions League.
Step hopes that the 34 -year -old will be able to help Napoli take this additional step.
“He comes to us to take up a new challenge, it is also a different situation for him: he has already reached very high levels in his career and has much more to give football”, “ Conte added.
Napoli begins his pre-season with a friendly match against Arezzo on Tuesday.
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