Luciano Spalletti, coach of Napoli, spoke to the microphones of Mediaset after knockout against the Cremonese which was worth the elimination of the Azzurri from the Coppa Italia.
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Spalletti: “We are disappointed, the match seemed won…”
“The disappointment is there – the words of the technician from Certaldo -. We weren't as good as usual in managing the ball, but the game seemed completely safe after the lead. The 2-2 came from two balls lost on the way out and then we threw away some opportunities."
Spalletti: “We should have closed the game earlier”
“When you put a management tender into question, then it becomes complicated.
If you can't repeat the same quality in every match, things get complicated. – he adds -. We could have closed the match at 2-1 because at that point they were forced to move up a bit more."
“But we were in control and we should have seen the match through to the end. We gave them a couple of balls in the area and they found the equaliser.
We played below our potential”, he concludes.
Article published on 18 January 2023 - 00:30
