The Napoli coach after the 2-1 against Juve: “We are not very clean in both phases and therefore we need to improve quickly even if we are back in the running for Europe and we will play it against Barcelona in the return leg”
Winning against Juve at Maradona is a great emotion for Ciccio Calzona, and a pleasant habit for Napoli (it’s the fifth time in a row). Success suffered, a lot, and for this reason even more precious: “We gave a signal by winning this race – explained Calzona in the conference -, we demonstrated that we want to achieve important results. The group is cohesive and this gives us hope, the path is long and we have to improve many things but the positive results in this sense help a lot.” A pinch of good luck, many errors on the part of the Bianconeri but Napoli did not lose the thread of the match: “We had often sterile possession – admits Calzona – and did little verticalisation but whoever took over gave us a big hand and then with those two in front something always happens.”
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Tonight it was Kvara’s turn to take the lion’s share while Osimhen seemed more like a little lamb, but a bad evening can happen to him too: “They start everything, but I’m pleased to underline everyone’s dedication – said Calzona -, certainly miracles cannot be achieved in ten days and precisely because I have little time I focus more on the mistakes made than on the result. We are not very clean in both phases and therefore we need to improve quickly even if we are back in the running for Europe and we will play against Barcelona on the return leg.” A profession of legitimate optimism also dictated by the euphoria that can be felt at Maradona: “I asked my team to dribble from the bottom, we took more than a few risks but it went well and in the end that’s what counts.” Almost as Juve’s motto says…