Luciano Spalletti and Paolo Maldini , peace has been made. At least according to the words of the Napoli coach , who today in his pre- Champions League press conference returned to the tensions that occurred in the Maradona dressing room at half-time of the league match on April 2nd.
Spalletti on Maldini and the anecdote from his time at Zenit
"I don't think I have anything to say to Paolo because of the respect I have for him, because it started a long time ago, " Spalletti said. "These are the locker room things that happen before going on the pitch; they're perfectly normal."
“When I was at Zenit they asked me to choose a manager to work alongside me, I asked for an international profile and when I said Maldini they were delighted.
They told me to contact him, they were willing to do anything for him, but he was busy with other things and didn't accept. This is to highlight the esteem I have for the man and the footballer" , he added.
Spalletti: “In 2020 that post on Instagram…”
“In June 2020, I posted on Instagram where I wrote, 'The pulse of football will be beautiful even from home, I'll watch it from the Scala del Calcio', ” he concluded. “ I placed some shirts on this staircase, and the ones closest to me were those of Maldini and De Rossi.
In short, it was a shame not to have said goodbye to him at the end of the match."
