Luciano Spalletti look ahead: the technician of the Napoli introduces the championship match against the with a jokeEmpoli, scheduled for tomorrow at 18pm at the Castellani stadium: “Have you ever been a blacksmith? I have, with blacksmith glasses you can only see in front, not from the side because there is a barrier”.
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“I think there have been important steps forward after the defeats, the reading and management of similar situations has been well cushioned.
It's a very delicate match due to their precise tactical geometry, we will have to expand their compactness".
“Empoli? They know how to be on the pitch, we will have to be good”
Spalletti warned about the strength of theEmpoli: “They know how to be on the pitch very well, they have strong players like Vicario, everyone is talking about them now, Parisi, Baldanzi.
Then there is the experience of Luperto that we had and he had to play with continuity, all signs of the difficulty of the match and we will have to be good".
“Very grateful to Empoli, my adventure started there”
For the coach it will be a return to the past, where it all began: “I started from there and I am very grateful to Empoli. In football we are constantly looking for models to take something from and to work correctly you have to learn and in those parts there is the possibility of seeing how football is played”.
“There you can find a lot of ideas on how to play football and a vision for the future.
I was favored to work there with that setup, 7 years between coach and player, 20 as a fan, I had benefits from it and along the way you gain new experiences and they allowed me to get here"
, he added.
“Beware of confusing work with superstition”
Woe betide anyone who talks about it good luck: “Don’t confuse work with superstition. If someone doesn’t speak, it’s because of work.
After a match, a panel is put up, we don't think about it, then who wants to buy sparkling wine... there isn't any here, today is Rrahmani's birthday otherwise there are no pastries and sparkling wine".
“Here we work in the right way, the match against Empoli destroyed the work of an entire year, not because we could win or not, but because of the balance, the strength, we could have lost but there had always been a reaction while there it was bad because we could have gone 3-0 and instead we lost and those games become devastating and we suffered a lot”.
“I understand that you struggle to interpret the difficulty of matches like these, but we don't have to do that, coming here it would be easier for you to understand certain discussions.
There is no superstition! We want to win for our city, we feel it, we perceive it."
“You must not make even the slightest mistake, sometimes even unintentionally they come out and are decisive in overturning situations.
“Euphoria must not be the source of the presumption that puts an end to growth”
, he concludes.
Article published on 24 February 2023 - 15:20
as always the mister is wise and balanced one step at a time. Forza Napoli