Conte-Napoli, former player Davide Lanzafame speaks
Naples transfer market – Raffaele Auriemma spoke on Radio CRC during the program “Si Gonfia la Rete” Davide Lanzafamecoach and former footballer coached by Conte at Bari
“Would Conte be the right man to relaunch Napoli? I feel like saying this decisively, but not just for Napoli. It would also be an added value for the others in Serie A. Napoli is in a reconstruction phase which he is very good at. In Bari we played with a 4-man defense with Conte. We spent a very important year and a half with him. In addition to the technical-tactical aspect, he has motivational values that go beyond the figure of the coach. He is good at managing the group and bringing all the players to a very high level of performance.
I had it and it’s not for everyone. You have to suffer a lot in training and from a psychological point of view. When he sees that a player doesn’t follow him, he makes his choices clearly without looking at their age or names. Conte has an incredible demand, he works on details, sometimes he makes himself hated, but the player knows that he is bringing out the best and is forging. I stopped two years ago and I must say that sometimes footballers, myself included, are superficial. He doesn’t want to be. Sarri, Spalletti and Conte are among the best coaches in Italy and in the world, they have the common characteristic of looking at the details. I haven’t heard from Conte for a long time, but I follow him with great affection because he was the coach, together with Materazzi, who launched me into the world of professionals. If I have had an important career, part of the credit goes to him.
Why did Stellini become Conte’s deputy? In my time when we rose to Serie A, Stellini was in the final phase of his career and didn’t play much. In an intelligent way he was as if he were the coach’s second coach. He acted as a glue for the group to have benefits. Over time they will have increased their feeling and empathy to the point of working together. I think the help that Stellini gave to Conte at the end of his career was triggering.
In that Bari in Serie B there was Ranocchia as a central defender, the following year Bonucci arrived.”
CalcioNapoli24.it has been selected by the new Google service, if you want to always be updated on the latest news follow us on Google News
