It's Christmas Eve time Europa League in house Napoli: in just over 24 hours it will be a challenge to Leicester. And Luciano Spalletti he anticipated the main themes of the meeting.
“Tomorrow we face a top level match – Spalletti said -. We don't want to neglect the competition, the goal is to build a winning mentality to try to always get the highest possible result". The coach then also touched on the subject of injuries: “We are facing many close matches and we need to optimize recovery times by putting the players in better condition.”
"Insigne He did all the training today so if he feels good this evening or tomorrow morning when he gets up, he could be in the game." Luciano Spalletti is optimistic about the captain's use in tomorrow night's match at Leicester. “He took a hit – adds – but he only missed one of the more fast-paced training sessions and therefore he is in a position to be chosen in the starting lineup, if there are no negative reactions to what he did today”.
Module? "We will probably start with 4-3-3, then we could also reverse with 4-3-2-1: you have to know how to do other things during the game. It's not like flipping a switch in football, you have to build this mentality. Maximum desire to go and get the highest result in this competition. The challenge against Leicester is a top-level match, this is the bicycle we dreamed of pedaling".
Napoli will not lower their guard, especially at the debut of Europa League in England against Leicester, this is what the Azzurri coach, Luciano Spalletti, guarantees. "The fundamental thing, when you do this job, is to be credible with the players. We spend two months in retreat where we try to find something that is stimulating for the players, that leads them to give their best every time they wear an important shirt like Napoli's. Then, at a certain point, do we change our attitude? It would be a behavior that the players would immediately spot, it would be a reason to lower the level of attention we must have."
Vincenzo Scarpa
Article published on 15 September 2021 - 20:44