Conte doubles down on favourable assessment of defeat: “We dominated Milan”

Despite losing, deservedly, Napoli coach Antonio Conte believes that his side dominated against AC Milan this weekend.

Football is often referred to as a game of opinions, and proof can be found in several different areas. Of course, the best way of doing so is through press conferences, where people are most likely to be more open than they would elsewhere.

Of course, this is where coaches also look to defend their players, and this can result in some questionable statements being made about results and performances. So, Conte’s post-Milan press conference is not really too shocking.

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Conte’s view

This afternoon, ahead of his team’s Champions League game in midweek, he was asked about the preparation, and he spoke about the reaction to this weekend’s loss, as relayed by Calciomercato.com.

“We analysed the match very well yesterday, and the conclusions are that we played much better in this match than in the two we played against the Rossoneri last season. This year, we played dominantly, but we weren’t as focused as in the past.

“We need to improve certain situations because we could have done better on their goals.”

Perhaps Conte has just looked at the stats from the game, which, admittedly, do look like Neapolitan domination. However, it never seemed to be the case in the game itself.