The Azzurri coach: “When Milan went down in the second half we did well and we could have done even better. Regardless of the formation: we must know how to play with both a three-man and four-man defence”
Walter Mazzarri still believes in qualifying for the Champions League, today 7 points away in the standings for his Napoli: “It’s possible if we find the injured players. We’re getting important players back, today we played an important match and that’s what counts”, he replies to the microphone of Dazn after the 1-0 defeat against Milan. “We have to be convinced that we can get the three points with everyone, and we proved it today too against one of the strongest teams in the championship. Many of the teams in front must come to Naples, I’m confident that we will still be able to play for the fourth place”.
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The Napoli coach does not link the growth of the second half to the transition to 4-3-3: “Milan pressed ferociously in the first half and then dropped a lot, so much so that in the second half we did well but we could have done it again more because Milan had spent a lot and it was predictable. I think we did well in the second half because we played well regardless of the formation.” And again on the topic: “The teams in our championship are good at interpreting multiple formations in a match. We’ve worked on it, it’s nice to be able to change based on the situations that arise. The squads are large, you have to be good both with the defense and three, with which we scored three goals against Fiorentina and held out against Inter, who with the 4-3-3. The important thing is that the boys recognize what we do and what I ask of them, what matters are the principles “.
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“We’ve known all week that Theo makes these movements, it was an insertion that we had prepared and this is a bit annoying – comments Mazzarri on the goal conceded by Hernandez -. We made a mistake, I won’t say who, but Theo who starts all ‘internal and gives the ball wide to Leao we should have been better.” And on Kvaratskhelia’s difficulties: “He’s trying to find different spaces, because now wherever he goes he finds three. He did very well last match, today he was hounded from all sides with entries that were too masculine and should be punished a little more. When he sees that they are making the cage around him he can concentrate, then it depends on how he is and on the movements of his companions who take the man away from him, because he cannot jump three people every time”.
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