A setback that does not take away conviction or certainty Napoli di Luciano Spalletti, from the top of a standings that is still difficult for the pursuers to attack. The Italian coach has granted his boys two days of rest. By Lorenzo and his teammates will resume training on Monday, when they will start working on the match againstAtalanta scheduled for Saturday 11 March, at 18pm, at the Maradona.
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Napoli, painless defeat against Lazio: now new stimuli
The defeat does not put the Azzurri's race at risk, and today they can at most be approached by -15 points from Inter e Milan with 13 games left until the end of the championship, a chasm that would seem truly unbridgeable.
But the defeat gives new stimuli for concentration to osimhen and his teammates. Spalletti had clearly said it in the pre-Lazio press conference, when asked if the victory at Rome of September 3rd had started the long sprint of the Azzurri: "According to me – the opinion of the Italian coach – the turning point was brought about by the two previous matches, which created a willingness to make sacrifices”.
The previous two matches were draws with the Fiorentina and with the Lecce, the lowest point of the season, just like yesterday with the first home defeat.
Atalanta and the Champions League in our sights
A defeat that now in the psychological journey that the Italian coach is taking with his group of players must serve to give the mental strength for the last sprint of the season, the one that aims to close the mathematical race towards the title early but also to go through to the quarter-finals. Champions League.
In short, Spalletti he doesn't seem particularly worried about the defeat but very focused on the next objectives. The champions of the blue group know this well, starting from Victor Osimhen, who yesterday remained without scoring for the first time after eight consecutive games.
Last night the crossbar hit, but above all the defence of the Lazio he was able to stop the source of crosses from both sides for the Nigerian striker's head. Napoli He made a lot of mistakes in the final passes, but then again, a misfire is to be expected in a long and complicated football championship.
The evening's balance also included the explosion of flares and firecrackers with the launching of some of them. At the end three supporters of the Lazio they were arrested and there were several reports and sanctions.
One wonders how it was possible that firecrackers were able to enter without adequate control.
Article published on March 4, 2023 - 19pm
