Antonio Conte throughout Juventus-Napoli (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
Antonio Conte was ‘reasonably glad’ with a 0-0 draw away to Juventus and defined his change of Napoli techniques was impressed by Scott McTominay and Billy Gilmour.
The Partenopei proceed their constructive run of outcomes after that dismal opening 3-0 defeat to Verona, as three straight wins have been capped off by this goalless stalemate in Turin.
The guests arguably had one of the best scoring alternatives with McTominay and Matteo Politano forcing saves, whereas Teun Koopmeiners and Andrea Cambiaso fired off course from promising positions with 65 per cent possession.
Giving former Manchester United midfielder McTominay his first begin additionally impressed Conte to alter the Napoli tactical system to a 4-3-3.
“The thought got here to me as a result of on the final day of the switch market we received McTominay and Gilmour, plus introduced Folorunsho again into the squad. The midfield then turned a reasonably sturdy group of gamers and we needed to take advantage of that,” Conte advised DAZN.
“We had already began engaged on it final week in opposition to Cagliari, alternating between the methods, and 3-4-2-1 will likely be helpful, however I additionally focused on this tactic. It matches this crew, they’ll do it, let’s say I used to be a bit of involved about our defending with this method, however we did very properly.
“As a substitute, we will do higher upfront with the channels to get these one-on-one conditions. I realise the problem of getting a draw away to Juventus, a crew that was 18 factors away from Napoli final season. I had requested for consistency and it was a very good efficiency when it comes to focus, however we will and should do higher when now we have the ball, as there have been some beneficial conditions.”
Napoli nonetheless discovering kind beneath Conte
Conte was requested if he had modified the system for this specific match with a view to restrict the Juventus extensive males, however he insisted that was not the case.
“In all honesty, if I had been attempting to neutralise Juve, we’d have saved with the 3-4-2-1 formation. coach adapts to the qualities of his personal gamers and lets them develop their concepts. If we had wished to be extra defensive, we’d have had 5 defenders, however the thought was to not permit Juve to dominate the initiative.”
Lukaku had a fantastic begin to his Napoli profession, however struggled as we speak and was substituted when the coach changed your complete entrance three.
“I feel we did it properly with the midfielders. Romelu nonetheless must get into the form of form that I require. I selected this method as a result of I really feel that with the squad at my disposal, that is one of the best method,” added Conte.
“We labored on this method, I’m reasonably glad with the defence, however we may’ve achieved much better in assault and I feel we had the clearest scoring alternatives. I realise it’s not straightforward to play on the Allianz Juventus Stadium, which is why I made this stadium my fortress once I was right here.”
Goalkeeper Alex Meret went off injured within the first half, changed by Elia Caprile, as he was affected by a muscular difficulty.
