Conte: Losing to Milan gave us the motivation to rebound, and everyone gave a good response

October 2: Early this morning, Napoli defeated Portugal Sports 2-1 at home in the Champions League, and Conte accepted an interview with the media after the game.

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"We are facing a very strong and powerful team. We performed very well because despite the difficulties and emergencies, we won the game in a team manner, and our defense has completely changed compared to last season. Everyone responded well, including the substitutes who played. We have this spirit and regretted losing those two goals in Milan, but maybe that failure gave us motivation and energy to play tonight. If we didn't show team spirit in every aspect today, the game would be very difficult considering the strength of our opponents." Can

De Bruyne be the one who drives the team?

"Compared with the other eight new players, De Bruyne comes from a mature environment and has extensive experience. He has been at Manchester City for 10 years and has played at the highest level. I require the team to have the right fighting spirit and determination, combined with technical ability, which can help us improve our level. I have nothing to say about him. He is a very good guy, very hardworking, I understand that everyone wants to play, but substitutions are for the sake of winning. I hope to always see the fighting spirit and concentration that exists in both offense and defensive stages, without exception."

What aspects have improved compared to the game against Milan?

"I wasn't disappointed with Milan's performance in that game, but we could have done better on those two goals. We always tried to draw constructive things from negative things to improve. It became difficult to turn things around after San Siro fell two goals, but even ten to eleven, we controlled the game, which is an improvement we were making compared to last year. Today, I think the team is more mature in game management and control, and at the same time, the team can't lose their healthy fear of losing the ball. The picture of Leo being chased by seven desperately back shows the right attitude the lads must have, and if we had that attitude from the beginning, maybe the game would have been different."

Could McTominay retreat to the midfield?

"Of course, when I replaced De Bruyne, we played 4-3-3 formation instead, we had two options, both to play 4-3-3 midfielders, we had to continue to go down this path because we had room to improve. We could also play 4-3-3 formations, which may be more technical and quality, but must always be well balanced. The road is set, and we are working hard to implement something further anyway, and it is obvious that using four midfielders can make our game more dominant, but we only have one-on-one advantages. We have a year of work behind us, which helps me implement any kind of tactical scheme. "