Verona new boys Dailon Livramento and Daniel Mosquera, with a brace, were on target in the second half at the Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, giving Conte a nightmare league start at troubled Napoli.

"We have to say sorry to our supporters because it was a second half that was, well it's difficult even to assess what happened," said a baffled Conte to 'DAZN'.

"In the first half there was only one team on the pitch and it was Napoli. Then we came out for the second half maybe too satisfied with ourselves for the first half performance even though we were still goalless. But it wasn't the same attitude as in the first half."

Conte blasted his team, who only scraped past Serie B outfit Modena on penalties in the Italian Cup last weekend, for melting "like snow" once Livramento put Verona ahead four minutes after half-time.