Di Natale: “Napoli, the Scudetto is possible”

He is the sixth Serie A top scorer of all time with 209 goals, more than Roberto Baggio just to speak of a great. Antonio Di Natale has Napoli in his heart, with Udinese he scored a couple of hundred goals and today he trains Carrarese in Serie C (“And we hope to reach the playoffs promotion in this championship final”).

Who will Totò cheer for today between the Azzurri and Friuli?
“For Napoli of course. Even when I was playing with Udinese my teammates made fun of me in the locker room because at the end of the match the first thing I asked was the result of the Azzurri. I lived with apprehension the fall in C and then the climb up to at the top of Serie A “.

At De Laurentiis’ Napoli he had the opportunity to go and play but in the end he said no.
“True. But money has nothing to do with it. I feel too much shirt and environment, I would not have made it as I wanted. And I would never have been able to forgive myself. I love my people, but in Naples it is always more complicated for a Neapolitan”.

Is it the right year for the Scudetto?
“I hope so. The championship is very balanced and many things can still happen. But Spalletti is doing exceptional things. When there were several players missing, he came up with winning solutions. After all, I know him very well and I know that he is one of the best coaches there. I’m around”.

She met him as a boy in Empoli.
“I was in the Primavera with Domenichini, who is now his closest collaborator: he advised Spalletti to follow me and he made my debut in Serie B. Then he wanted me in Udine. There has always been an excellent feeling with Luciano.”

What lessons did he draw from it?
“Many. Which now have become the baggage, with what I learned from other technicians, to guide the Carrarese. I think of the care with which he prepared the games, testing their movements, making them understand very concretely what he wanted from his players. in the conditions to make the most of it “.

And Udinese?
“I always follow you with great affection. After all, I have lived more time there than in Naples. The team is doing very well. Today, however, I hope that Napoli will win so that the city will continue to cultivate the dream as in the days of Maradona. I was a child but I remember very well the air you breathed in Diego’s time “.

And how many goals would Totò Di Natale have scored with someone like Osimhen next to him?
“Several. He is a striker with exceptional characteristics in progression and depth. By being close to him, a coach like me, he would have found those spaces that the Nigerian opens up with his movements.”