The Napoli coach: “We conceded a lot, perhaps also because there wasn’t much time to work on certain mechanisms. Now we’re cherishing the dream of getting back into the championship”
Francesco Calzona is bitter at the end of Barcelona-Napoli and not only for the elimination of his team in the round of 16 of the Champions League: “We came here to win and we didn’t succeed, so we’re disappointed – admits the Calabrian coach -. We conceded a lot perhaps also because there wasn’t much time to work on certain mechanisms, we started badly and conceded two goals at the start of the match which obviously then affected the final score. It’s a shame, however, because then we started playing and reviewing the imagine I think there was the penalty on Osimhen which could have allowed us to equalize. At these levels the fact that VAR doesn’t intervene is difficult to explain. Lindstrom also had a great chance, I put him in when I saw Politano tired and before of Raspadori because I didn’t want to unbalance the team as happened in the final. I wanted to increase the pressure and I brought in good people, maybe it didn’t go very well but I have to take advantage of my players.”
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The defensive phase in fact continues to worry: “We have to give certainties to this team, work and not change the formation. I repeat, unfortunately there hasn’t been much way to correct the gaps. Luckily we always find a way to score goals but on the ‘preventive’ ‘We have to improve because when we did it well we managed to recover the ball high up and became dangerous.” Now it’s time to look ahead: “We have to score points and lull the dream of reaching important positions, there are a lot of games left and we will try to put in important performances and win series. We are ready to lose in Barcelona against a great team, but we have to start again from now on.” Sunday in Milan to hold on to the leading positions.”