Napoli, Spalletti before Bologna: “My team excites me”

From our correspondent Maurizio Nicita

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October 15
– Castel Volturno (Ce)

Exciting, this is how Luciano Spalletti defines his Naples. Not euphoria but an excitement of a group always in search of its limit, which still does not find: “We wonder how strong we are and this is the most exciting and stimulating thing. The search for awareness of our strengths. For this reason, for me, a coach. management becomes quite simple “.

In this, helped by the choices of the club that made a deep squad available to him: “There are some positions in which it is important to have certain alternatives. When Osimhen passed away we would not have gone on without Raspadori and Simeone. Maybe Zanoli is not worth Di Lorenzo today. , but you try to do everything correctly. Without making too many calculations. Up front he is a resource because all the coaches make substitutions on the three in front. ”

THE TENTH

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With Bologna, the streak of consecutive victories can be extended to 10: “Every match is a journey into the unknown. If you don’t do it every time to bring the ball to the top, then you are nobody. This continuous search excites my team. “.

THE CHOICES

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He also explains why between Cremona and Ajax he made different choices on the central defender: “Ostigard is one of the strongest heads on the ball I have ever coached. Jesus was more suited to Kudus’ speed. Kim when I told him that he played on the right and was happy, but then in fact a little something was wrong. And to say that when I explained that I wanted him to play on the center left he was perplexed… “. More clear on the choice in place of Anguissa: “In midfield we need a bit of strength with Ndombele. Demme? Is fine and luckily because there is a need.”

TO IMPROVE

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“Yes, you can play better than that. Otherwise we would be overwhelmed by euphoria. But then in the standings they are all within a few points. And this makes us keep our feet on the ground. As well as the desire to improve. Win many games. It gives us self-esteem and to work with enthusiasm. Passing each time to the next game with continuity. We will see how we behave and understand where we can get. I like the boys the desire to be infected by the strength of their teammates. How he chased them back to help the defenders. It would be nice to feel so “inside” this discourse that you can’t help it. And so those who enter give even more “.

HAPPINESS

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It is said that Spalletti doesn’t know how to enjoy it, listen to his answer: “I probably don’t have the aptitude for external happiness. Then it was what we dreamed at the beginning of the year to have the Maradona celebrating and passionate. It’s nice to see all of this accomplished. But it ends there because then the expectations grow more and more. You have to try to win almost always to give joy. On the one hand it makes you happy and on the other hand you already have to think about how to do it again. I feel at peace with myself. You feel this happiness of the fans on you and then you feel the responsibility more and more “. Then she adds: “The character depends on me, my attitude depends on you. Just to say that if you want to stir up the usual broth… I have put some situations in place, I have not created them! “Any reference to Totti and Icardi is not purely coincidental.

ON OSIMHEN

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He does not say if the Nigerian will play the starter, but explains: “This morning I asked him why he had taken off his shirt and he could not answer me. You will see that he will never do it again …”. Krol emotion The great Dutch champion visited the team and Spalletti put his anklets in his honor as they were in fashion at the time: “For those of my age it is pure emotion to see Krol again. They taught football. He if he had space it was already advancing 50 years ago. It was enough to see it to convey great emotions “.

PRAISE

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For two of his other players: “Zielinski last year made a championship below level and is the first to recognize him. He has all the means to be a top. There was only to wait for him not to suffer certain games anymore and this’ year is doing them. The problem is when one plays below level and looks at you as if he were the savior of the country. Instead Zielu is the first to criticize himself “. Then on Cholito: “Simeone is a great regret not to have let him play with Ajax. But for me it is easy to be a coach. You should have seen him with what enthusiasm he trained the next day.”