Naples Rome, Spalletti: ‘Won with everyone’s help. I gave Mourinho a Pulcinella’
Another big-match won, yet another showdown that allows Napoli to stretch on their pursuers. For Spalletti, victories like the one against Roma at Maradona have only one secret: “You win these matches if you show that you are determined to win from the warehouseman to the last on the bench. Those who entered showed that the game was already playing from the bench, was already inside the mechanism of the game. A fundamental victory for our team because if you aren’t all enthusiastic and willing to play with your partner and not just to take his place, you won’t take these games home.”
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“Today it was essential never to settle for a draw, we had an equal ferocious reaction. Osimhen? Everything is in today’s goal: quality, technique and personality, because between two opponents they decide to make those dribbles, before shooting the one he is one of those who fills the match box completely: he makes tackles, chases, headers… Was his substitution courageous? You can’t always wait for the usual players to play and forget the weekly commitment of others. I have to take into account their desire to demonstrate and make their qualities available, otherwise I wouldn’t be a complete coach. When Osimhen was injured, Raspadori and Simeone put us in a position to go through to the Champions League.”
Finally, the explanation of the curtain before the match with Mou, who said she thanked him for the birthday present. “What did I give him? A Pulcinella, symbol of Naples. I do it with everyone, I gave it to everyone even in the Champions League.”