“This match is worth a lot, because we have two match points to advance to the next round. Tomorrow’s challenge is very difficult but also very interesting and exciting. The great tennis players close it out on the first match point. We’ll try. This team lacks the shot to get out of a complicated situation on the pitch, we haven’t been able to express our full potential. We need a magic shot to get back to expressing ourselves at our level”. These are the words of Carlo Ancelotti, Napoli coach, to Sky Sport on the eve of the Champions League challenge against Liverpool. “The press silence was a way to focus on the events on the pitch. Many mouths have spoken out of turn. There are no players and clubs against us. The club realizes that the team is not getting the results that don’t satisfy anyone on a technical level”, he added. On the measures taken by the club on the players, he replied: “We are talking about the past, now it’s the present. All the players are focused on what we have to do on the pitch. We have two chances to advance to the next round. Last year's game should teach us that we played a great game and were close to eliminating the European champions. Now we want to qualify and if possible do it as first in the group." "The atmosphere is much more serene than what is said, we are cognizant of how to get out of this moment. Insigne will be missing, an important absence. He has an elbow problem and couldn't be there. We have to evaluate Ruiz and Mario Rui but we will play with 11 men. Lozano, Allan, Koulibaly are doing very well. The performances don't satisfy us at all given the value of this team. And they don't satisfy me either. President De Laurentiis is doing well, he calls me every day, you can feel the support from him," he concluded.
Article published on November 26, 2019 - 19:25
