Napoli-Milan, Spalletti: “In the second half below our possibilities”

AC Milan hits the mark at Maradona, stretches over Napoli and stops their scudetto run-up. Giroud’s paw at the beginning of the second half equalized the scores in the direct matches and interrupted the streak of eight consecutive useful results in the league of Luciano Spalletti’s team, so far unbeaten in Serie A in 2022. “My players lacked almost nothing, we started We had the upper hand in some situations where we could develop the action differently, building well despite the pressure “observed the coach, interviewed at the end of the match by Dazn. The drop came after half an hour of play, in the analysis of the coach: “At that point we were imprecise and not very incisive. In the second half, unfortunately we returned in the same way for our qualities and we conceded goals, remaining below our possibilities. We had to create some problems in addition in the offensive phase. When Milan lowered the center of gravity we lost a bit of order, also suffering some dangerous restarts. We never managed to find the free man in front of the goal when we reached the back, the opposing defense was good ”.

NO ALIBI

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As usual, Spalletti did not want to give too much weight to unavailability. “When you have quality and exercise correctly, you make up for absences. If the initiative of the game is granted to the opponents, it must be chased in the same way; vice versa, if we dribble in the right way we do not need to run too much and waste energy. There was a lack of talent in some players, but they have not yet fully recovered, such as Anguissa and Lozano. We are managing Fabian Ruiz because due to groin pain he cannot train at full speed. In any case, the race was done very well for large stretches ”he continued.

STRESS TEST

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Inter, Barcelona, ​​Milan: three dream matches for Napoli’s seasonal goals, none won. “If we play for the top of the table like tonight, the tension is higher and knowing how to manage it is part of being champions. If we don’t know how to hold up, then it becomes impossible to win. There are souls who suffer in one way and others who behave differently. The level of football that must be played in Naples, however, is this, if you can’t, you have to move elsewhere. I have lived through many situations, tomorrow I will be back on the pitch with training prepared for the next match ”, concluded Spalletti.