Napoli Target Champion Again, Conte: Difficult, Very Difficult

Napoli are targeting another winner in the Italian Serie A season 2025/2026. (sscnapoli.it)

JAKARTA - Napoli have ambitions to back-to-back win the Italian Serie A title. But coach Antonio Conte admits it is very difficult even though this is a challenge to meet that target.

The challenge is not easy for Conte, who is targeted to win the Scudetto again. Moreover, Napoli is in the first seed so that he is predicted to be able to win again.

If Conte is able to back-to-back win the Italian league, then he will match the success of coach Massimiliano Allegri who brought Juventus to the 2017 and 2018 league champions. Even Allegri was able to double back-to-back in 2018 and 2019.

"I could be the first coach in Napoli to win a league title twice in a row. So far no one has been able to do it. Just to do it is really difficult," Conte was quoted as saying by Football Italia.

"The important thing is that we have to remain calm and focused because this is clearly a difficult target, really difficult. We'll see what happens this season. We have to be held back and remain humble. Let the facts talk again," he said.

When asked about Napoli's position as the favorite champion, the former Juventus and Inter Milan coach said, "I don't think it's the coach who should answer this question. There are experts, observers and those who make predictions," he said.

Conte ensured that Napoili's preparations for the competition were very good. They are also ready to compete in the competition and will face the Sassuolo promotion team in the inaugural match.

"We have made good preparations. I don't care who is our opponent. The important thing is that Napoli is ready to fight again to win the Scudetto," Conte said.

But Conte already lost the mainstay striker Romelu Lukaku when he started the match. Lukaku suffered a serious thigh injury during a trial against Olympiacos and had to undergo surgery. This means Lukaku had to be sidelined until November 2025.

Without Lukaku when he visited Sassuolo's headquarters, Napoli's front line would rely on Lorenzo Lucca who was supported by Kevin De Bruyne and Scott McTominay.

Last season, Napoli lost 3-0 against Verona in the first match. But I Partenopei then won the league title by beating Inter who was the defending champion.