“We are happy to start, we will have a tough opponent, a team with enthusiasm, coming from a great championship and promotion. There is a lot of desire on their part, but we will be up to this.
We want to start well, we can't wait to play. I found a group that loves to work and with the right motivation".
Thus Rudi Garcia, technical of Naples, on the eve of the championship debut of the Italian champions against Frosinone.
“The comfort zone is positive in terms of confidence, but it can be dangerous in terms of having less desire, even unconsciously, than in the past. Let's go back to the topic of the level I want from the beginning, otherwise the match becomes complicated if they win all the duels and put it on a physical level.
We will have to impose our game and win, there is nothing else to do", he added.
"kvaratskhelia?Just be careful, he had a fit in a friendly match, he played 70 minutes in the last match, but since that match even if the MRI shows that everything is normal, he feels something and so we don't stop after the first…
we are not risking it and we will have it from Monday", the words of Garcia, who confirms the absence of the Georgian.
Garcia: “Easy group to manage. We want to start well and win”
“We are among the favorites, not the underdogs.
If all the favorites had won the championships…then the Naples he wouldn't have won last year – he adds -. They have all strengthened, we start on the same line, we have everyone except Kim who was replaced and the team that played a lot last year is still here.
Then we brought freshness, like Natan, Cajuste, they have great desire and will be a reference also for those who are already there. They will have to prove themselves, the others perhaps think they do not have to prove themselves anymore but for me they all start on the same line, I have 5 substitutions, I have quality, and I intend to use all the substitutions".
“I found a lot of talent, but first and foremost, quality men.
They are good men, they think collectively, it is a fairly easy group to manage. They love to work, they are used to it and when something works it is right to keep it, but there are also other things to improve, to add and I must say that they listen, they are curious, on all levels, from game systems to set pieces but also to the approach to the match”.
“I am happy with the work done even if in the past I have had better but also worse moments in the preparation with those who could leave but are still here to my great happiness.
But this prevented us from preparing the team I had in mind, but no excuses for tomorrow”, added Garcia.
Garcia: “I will find Serie A different, but the pressure is the same”
“Any news starting tomorrow? Let's see in the attitude and in the game, the answer in a small part, because it will be 1/38, but it will come during the match.
We can't say many things beforehand, there's an opponent. I want to see the right attitude, if that's the case the result will be positive."
“A different championship compared to the Ligue 1?
I come from French championships that are not so easy with Lyon e Marseille.I will find a Serie A different, it became more offensive, when I was at the Rome the peculiarity was that many teams had a 3 or 5-man formation, it remained even more here than in other countries", he added.
“The pressure is the same for me as if the old coach had stayed.
The challenge is difficult, but I repeat: I also experienced the same thing in Lille, winning after more than 50 years, with the double with the French Cup and I stayed. I experienced a challenge like that, then on the fans they are both Mediterranean and there is this warmth that can be the 12th man.
Obviously there are similarities, but when you win you enjoy the fans more”he stressed.
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