In addition to the Neapolitan coach, Juan Jesus also spoke in the conference, who five years ago in the Champions League came back from Barcelona with a sensational 3-0 win, flying to the semifinals with the Roma shirt: “What are we risking in this match? Only infinite happiness”
Luciano Spalletti is serene on the eve of one of the most important matches of his career and explains why: “I’ll only be happy if we go through. We want to win, without making too many calculations. There is no risk in this match. We only risk infinite happiness.” Poetry and flying high, without losing the concrete dimension: “I expect a performance like in the first leg. It goes into more detail work, since we’ve addressed them twice recently. We have our own personality on the pitch and maybe we can find some tricks. Especially in the restarts where they are very strong. This attention to detail can make the difference”.
Game for two hours and beyond
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Psychologically, it’s a challenge to prepare for in the 120′ and beyond: “We’ve also prepared for this. Too bad we have some forced defection – suspensions – and others due to injuries. But all my players are ready for various eventualities. Even on the penalties we tried. For us, the good penalty takers shoot first, we will make a list with those who are on the pitch and we will evaluate at the moment”.
Experience
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Spalletti has his own idea about this: “We’ve gained experience in the Champions League. This team has shown that they know how to get by in all situations, demonstrating personality. Maybe we’re talking more about experience at club level, and we certainly paid for something there. Cleverness on the pitch? It means, for example, going against Diaz when he restarts in the action of the goal. For the rest we are studying the details and it will be necessary to give everything for our people”.
The tactic
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Great respect for the opponent: “Our DNA is made up of high attacks, vertical kicks always staying short, building density around the ball. It is the development of all this that will tell us if we are up to this Milan who can do everything. You won’t win just by doing one thing well.” Then he explains one of the reasons for a certain decline in the squad in April: “In those 15 days of the national teams, some players lost the habit of training in a certain way. To express our football”. Then two jokes: “If so many from Milan go up, it means that they will leave us some one-on-one with Osimhen…”. A comparison between Victor and Leao? “It would be nice to have both of them available…”.
The previous
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The Brazilian defender Juan Jesus was in the Roma team that five years ago in the Champions League came from behind Barcelona with a sensational 3-0 win, flying into the semifinals: “I have to look ahead, but five years ago it was more complicated to come back against Messi’s Barcelona. Now we know the strength we have, we respect Milan but we are aware of what we can do.”
The “peace” with the fans
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Spalletti had then spoken to Kiss Kiss, the club’s official radio, in the morning, then went on to talk about tomorrow’s big match against the Rossoneri, underlining the importance of rapprochement with the fans: “When I saw that there was rapprochement I was very happy, it was thanks to De Laurentiis. I say that depriving our players of the affection and love of the fans, who, among other things, they struggle to keep hidden, was unfair. Now that we are all in this desire to love for Napoli everything becomes easier for us”.
April 17, 2023 (change April 17, 2023 | 19:14)
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