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Massimiliano Allegri and Antonio Conte had a bit of a jab at each other in the media during their press conferences on Monday.
Allegri spoke in his pre-Bologna presser at Milanello today, and he seemed to address Conte’s complaints about how packed Napoli’s fixture list is, with Serie A, the Champions League, Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana to participate in.
“If you want to stay at a high level you need to play a lot of games. I hope to play in the Club World Cup too. I hear people say there’s too many games in the calendar,” he began.
“Can I say something? I spent 5 years at Juve: we won 5 Scudetti, 4 Coppa Italia trophies, went to 2 UCL finals playing more than anyone else. I hope next year I can have these problems, if we can call them problems.”
The Napoli coach was asked for a response to Allegri’s comments by reporters after the ceremony for the Panchina d’Oro award for the best Serie A coach in 2024-25 held in Florence on Monday.
Conte’s quick riposte was as follows: “I don’t know what Allegri said in his press conference. Surely this year, he is not playing that much.”
The score between the two stands at one-all for the season so far. Milan won 2-1 in the league meeting at San Siro earlier in the campaign, while Napoli won in the Supercoppa semi-final en-route to lifting the trophy.
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