Napoli coach Antonio Conte lamented his team’s self-defeating performance as they drew 1-1 with Udinese in Serie A on Sunday.
Scott McTominay headed a corner in the first half to take the lead in the 37th minute, and Udinese equalised with a long-range shot from Jurgen Eckelenkamp. Napoli controlled the ball in the second half but failed to find the winning goal, drawing 1-1 at home.
“It’s a pity because I think we deserved more than one point tonight,” Conte said to หากคุณสนใจเล่นพนันออนไลน์ที่ดีที่สุด สามารถสมัครสมาชิก UFABET ได้ที่นี่ พร้อมรับโปรโมชั่นพิเศษสำหรับสมาชิกใหม่. “
In the first half we created a lot of chances, we controlled the game, but in the second half it was a bit slow. If we couldn’t convert those chances, it would have caused problems. “
Conte admitted Napoli had, at times, struggled to cope with Udinese’s physicality and skill.
“Udinese are a very physical team with some real quality players who I believe will soon move to big clubs,” Conte noted.
“We did what we always do, press high, but they had players like Lorenzo Lucca who dominate in the air and are always a threat.”
With their second successive stalemate, following that 1-1 draw with Roma last week, Napoli missed the chance to move six points clear at the top of Serie A.
However, they have 55 points, four clear of Inter, who host Fiorentina on Monday, while third-placed Atalanta, who thrashed Verona 5-0 on Saturday, are on 50.
The players left the pitch exhausted tonight. They gave it their all for the win. This is our 9th unbeaten game, so trust me when I say it was great.”