Speaking at a press conference after Napoli’s 3-0 defeat against Atalanta, Antonio Conte also addressed his team’s reaction ahead of their San Siro clash with Inter next Sunday.
These were his words, collected by Tutto Mercato Web:
Am I afraid of a psychological backlash after the defeat against Atalanta? Only those who are out of touch with reality can fear that. What kind of backlash should we, who are in the thick of it, have? Defeats are part of the journey, it annoys me if it happens against a weaker team, as it has happened. We make correct assessments because we make unreal and incorrect evaluations from the outside. I try to be realistic, Inter is even stronger and we will measure ourselves on Sunday. We know that we have to go through a process, if someone thinks that we don’t need to do it and that everything will work out, it makes me smile. We are not being realistic and we don’t understand certain things. We were not phenomenal before and today that we lost, we are no less phenomenal than before.
