Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Napoli captain: "We'll work with the coach to recover and find the best path."“
Naples. "It's right to be concerned right now. We need to understand that it's never a coincidence when we don't achieve the desired results. Clearly, the responsibility lies primarily with me; I probably failed to convey the right energy, or perhaps someone else just didn't respond as well.".
The secret of success is contained in these few words of Antonio Conte, a phrase that rests on the pillars of good living: “face the problem, take responsibility for the missed objectives achieved without passing the blame on to others and react”.
The Napoli coach He doesn't criticize the fans' anger, he observes it, accepts it, and uses it as fuel to get going again. He doesn't justify his failures by blaming the players or the club, but he puts his face out there, slaps his chest, and says, "“mea culpa”.
Isn't this the leadership Napoli needed? There have been and will be setbacks, in sport as in life, but hasn't it always been said that what makes the difference is how we react to them?
Napoli were defeated away by Bologna, a team that's doing very well in the league and that scored at the Dall'Ara thanks to Dallinga and Lucumi. And what was Antonio Conte's response?
«"I'm disappointed with the defeat, but also with the feeling I had seeing a lack of positive energy. They had more strength and enthusiasm than us," said the coach. "This is the fifth game we've lost this season, and it's a situation that should lead us to reflect. Now we must all analyze this moment together and try to rediscover the strength and determination that have characterized us in the past.".
Now it's the team's turn, to the individual players who will understand the importance of teamwork. But a strong signal has already arrived. Listening to the captain, it's clear that change is already underway and that Napoli has fallen but has already risen again.
«"We're disappointed, we're having difficulties, we lacked the right spirit, strength, and intensity. We didn't have the necessary brilliance," said Di Lorenzo. "Now, during this break, we must try to rediscover the solidity that has distinguished us. We'll work with the coach to immediately bounce back and find the best path.".
Photo: Antonio Conte's public Facebook page
