Spalletti: “Napoli, play like at San Siro”

The match with Spezia for Napoli starts from the forfeit of Lorenzo Insigne, positive at Covid. “It is always a regret not to have elements of that level available. Hoping that the situation will improve for all of us now we have to face the risk that something new could always happen and we have the imposition to continue scoring points because the games pass and never come back ”, declared Luciano Spalletti in the press conference on the eve of the match. The coach immediately fixed his attention towards tomorrow night’s match, remaining hooked to the charge that led to Meazza’s victory against Milan. “You do not summarize the races not won by remembering what happened in that period. We have a difficult match ahead of us and we have to give continuity to the match, as if it were a continuation of the match in Milan. We must ensure that we have never left San Siro and win a difficult match. I know the environment of La Spezia well, I played there, I loved the team and the city, I am attached in a particular way, I know how the passion for this sport is lived and I know it will be a difficult match “. The Covid risk is advancing, should the African Cup of Nations be played or rather postpone it? “I have another role, I am not in the institutions. For me it is easy to say that in such a delicate moment the Africa Cup of Nations puts people at risk. Playing on words I defined her as an invisible monster. I will really appreciate what we will see in the competitions because there are some of the best players in the world, but inside my dressing room I will not see statues like Koulibaly and Osimhen and then I will miss references. It is hoped that common sense and the reasons of the institutions make correct and profound evaluations ”.

PERSPECTIVES

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Does the Napoli standings with 39 points one turn from the halfway point satisfy Spalletti? “For me it is a mess to say if I am happy or not, I am left with the annoyance of what he has not brought home – replied the blue coach -. I put on the shoes with cleats to move and not to slip on the pitch. I would like to play games. I’m always hungry and horny like the first time as a player or manager. It is always like this. Now I want to win the next ones. In the morning when I get up I find the Napoli fans already from the parking lot and they all tell me the same thing, they have the same desire and they transfer it to you. You can be as quiet as you like, but they get inside you and make holes in you, they want to contribute in order to win. It takes everything and goes in that direction. We the anti-Inter? We want to win them all, being anti someone disturbs us a little. We want to be us, to show our beauty, by playing a good football. We need to have our identity, a project, a willingness to be ambitious and then we’ll see “. What remains amid the controversy over the goal canceled at Milan? “For some it was a particular offside in the heat, there were some doubts in the debate, but coldly everyone, including the institutional bodies in The Hague, underlined that it is a Uefa and Fifa rule and expressed themselves in unanimous. So if someone wants to stay warm, it is his choice, the situation is clearer than this it is difficult to find it again. So I don’t understand what we are talking about. ” Lobotka. “He’s first of all a good guy, like everyone here. I’ve been lucky, I’ve always had great directors. The good director is the one who does everything well, the great director is the one who makes sure the team do everything right, Lobotka is one of these, he is a great director, then we have many who can do it, there could be Fabian Ruiz. It also depends if we play with one or two basses sharing the tasks, but the director often is the one who saves the coach from madness, you entrust a little to what are his plays. Many have passed here, Jorginho is one of them “.

THE CHALLENGE

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Against Spezia the goal is to win again also to cancel two recent knockouts against Maradona in the league. “We have the imposition of winning even if we do not back away from previous races to get something back, but the defeats create conditions for growth, for reaction, in the team and also in myself. I am as confident as I hope the team is and I want to see it from the first minute. We have to build something serious and credible for the people who love us and live behind the result of the match. You don’t mess with people’s feelings, you go to play a very intense match, I want that right from the warm-up “. Osimhen in training with the mask? “He is not there for tomorrow, it is not with him that you can win against Spezia”, ​​Spalletti cut short. The pitfalls of Motta’s team? “I saw it very well with Empoli. Usually montages are made on opponents, today we decided otherwise, we showed 10 minutes without pauses. Beccaccioli, our very good analyst, cleaned the first 10 ‘and we scrolled them to realize what is real, on behalf of the match that will be difficult. It will be necessary to have proper order and prevention. There are those who are the attacker and those who preside over the area of ​​the field where they reconquer and leave, we must get back on them as soon as possible, it is the first quality otherwise with the distances due to our tactical conformation they can disturb us ”. Napoli with Spalletti’s stamp that best enhances the entire squad. “It is a professional approach to want to be with everyone, to love them in the same way, to want to give everyone a chance, then behaviors make a good ranking possible and have dreams and ambitions – explained the coach -. If you find only flaws, you do not improve anyone, you must be objective and fair by saying that they have potential if they do. We have a group of players who know how to stay in a locker room, and that is also a value, and they know what behavior is needed “.