The Napoli coach: “If we continue like this we can go far. The team is finding certainties again.” The grenade deputy: “Well done to take it back and then with the right spirit to keep the point”
Ciccio Calzona sees the glass half full after Napoli’s draw with Torino: “I’m happy, we had an overwhelming supremacy and conceded little. I have nothing to say to the team, if we continue like this we can go far. The team is finding certainties again despite there not being much time to train. It’s just a shame that in the second half there were so many interruptions and little play was done.” The future is already now because Napoli is preparing for the second leg of the round of 16 with Barcelona: “We will go there with respect for the opponent but without fear, we are aware of our means. We have started a journey, the team has made an important step forward. The boys have shown me great availability from day one from all points of view. There is a great desire to do well and five useful results don’t happen by chance. Of course, we have to improve because we always concede goals even if tonight we improved defensive phase and balance. Sometimes we have to concede something but we have to be more careful about the details; little by little we will adjust this aspect too.” Kvaratskhelia made pots and lids: “He is a special player – continues Calzona – but I would like to mention many others, I’ll say one for all and that is Mario Rui. I repeat, the only regret is that little was played in the final and in this sense we were good at not getting nervous trying to win until the last minute.”
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Juric’s deputy instead commented on the draw to Sky’s microphones as follows: “The team, once they were down, did well to recover and then with the right spirit to keep the draw. In the first half we could have done better with their pressure, but it’s not easy to face them, the draw is deserved for the spirit and the opportunities we had. They moved the ball well and we were low, even with the attackers, we had chances on the restart, without exploiting them. Sanabria? Happy for him because he “He had many opportunities that he failed due to bad luck or mistakes, this time he scored a great goal, let’s hope he scores eight like a year ago after the one against Empoli. He has to work as much as possible to maintain a good level of form.”