The statements of Fernando Meira, former defender of Zenit St. Petersburg
Protagonist at the helm of the Napolithe technician Luciano Spalletti led the Neapolitan team to first place in the ranking of A league with a margin of eleven points over second-placed Inter. The Tuscan coach, who also coached in the past Roma e Interin addition to the Zenit St. Petersburgpoints to the victory of a national tit0lo that has been missing since the days of Russia. With the blue-and-white team, Spalletti won two league titles and one Cup of Russia between 2009 and 2012. Among the protagonists in the Zenit squad was also Fernando Meira, a defender born in 1978 who retired in 2012. The now ex-footballer spoke about his experience in Russia with the coach of Napoli. Below are the statements of the Portuguese to Championat.com:
“Spalletti is very good at analyzing match analysis, he reads movements incredibly well, he feels the opponent. And he also has his own idea of the game, which we all adopted at Zenit. Everything that was done on the pitch was subordinate to Spalletti’s ideas. PEro had one flaw: he treated Russians better than foreign players. The coach has to treat everyone the same: Russians, Portuguese, Chinese… If the respect or attitude towards the players is different, the players understand it. He’s not one of those coaches who use strong tones during his speeches and thus motivate the players.”
February 2 – 5pm
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