Naples, in Verona the scudetto dream is rekindled – Sport – Football
Naples, 14 March 2022 – Luciano Spalletti calls, the Naples he replies. On the eve of the Bentegodi the Tuscan technician had spoken of the challenge of truth from a Scudetto point of view, a word in the shadow of Vesuvius now fully cleared of customs: it is impossible to do otherwise since the Azzurri did, beating at home the Veronathey gave new life to a dream that seemed destined to wither after the thud with the Milan.
Less dribble, more verticality
In that race just a week ago one of the most critically targeted, needless to say, he figured Victor Osimhen, the striker reputed to be as strong against small-medium teams as he is confused and nervous in the presence of the big players. Well, with theHellas the Nigerian obviously did not dispel the indicted taboo, but he certainly followed up on the peremptory statement a few days earlier: the Naples still believes in the title, just come Spalletti. In fact, woe to circumscribe the merits of a victory, yet another away, obtaining some changes to that game marked by the mere dribble that in recent times no longer disheveled the opposing defenses: the Neapolitans have reconnected the knot with the search for verticality and , thanks to a game that immediately put itself on the most suitable tracks especially for a specialist in the sector such as Osimhen, they did it very well. Everything was then finished off by a less technical and more muscular midfield that left the ball in the game at Verona: a sterile game that never, except in the final forcing, created headaches for the Azzurri defense, unable to bring home a ‘clean sheet’ that would have been important in terms of the difference in the final sprint with the Milan.
Continuity mission
Little male: the Naples he’s not having his best time of the season and he needed to get up somehow. Mission and not even in a ‘Heart Book’ context: neither on the pitch nor especially off the pitch. Now the next step for the Azzurri will be to try not to fall yet. Yeah, because so far the gang Spalletti has often proved to be good at reacting to difficulties (as has already happened against most Lazio after braking Cagliari) than to give continuity to the victories: practically the main ingredient to believe in the championship, as well as obviously the ever-evolving ideas of Spalletti and the determination of a Osimhen that, when he is on a day of grace and when he is properly served by his companions (well Matteo Politano), proves to be devastating.
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