Rome, 31 Oct. (LaPresse) – “There’s no point in dwelling on the past every time… I spent 10 years in Turin – 50 per cent of my career there – and, incidentally, my son lives in Turin. It’ll be a great match; it’s a head-to-head clash between two teams who are lagging behind in the table.” So said Max Allegri, Napoli’s manager, on the eve of the match against Juventus. “In our last four matches we’ve scored several goals, but let’s not forget that we’ve conceded quite a few; there are certain aspects of our play that need improving, both when we have possession and when we don’t. We need to cover the whole pitch better, in my view; we need to manage the ball more effectively, with greater clarity in understanding when to slow down and when to speed up – there are two phases: when you have the ball and when you don’t,” he added. “Every day we work on improving what we do. The lads won a good match in Monza against a side that caused us problems; at 2–1, Milinkovic-Savic made a fine save – it wasn’t an easy game. But right now, we need to keep our heads; there’s no point in making grand statements. We need to keep very quiet and get on with the work – we should always keep quiet, but now even more so because we’re lagging behind in the table. We need to improve our position in the table; it won’t be easy because tomorrow we have a head-to-head clash against a team that’s set up to compete for a top-four spot. They’re certainly in the same boat as us – they have the same number of points – but we’ll be facing a wounded, angry side, and tomorrow we’ll need fighting spirit and technical ability; we won’t be facing a team in the form they’re currently in,” emphasised the Livorno-born manager.
Football, Allegri: ‘We’ll be up against a wounded Juventus; we’ll need fighting spirit and technical ability’
Rome, 31 Oct. (LaPresse) – “There’s no point in dwelling on the past every time… I spent 10 years in Turin – 50 per cent of my career there – and, incidentally, my son lives in Turin. It’ll be a great match; it’s a head-to-head clash between two teams who are lagging behind in the table.” So said Max Allegri, Napoli’s manager, on the eve of the match against Juventus. “In our last four matches we’ve scored several goals, but let’s not forget that we’ve conceded quite a few; there are certain aspects of our play that need improving, both when we have possession and when we don’t. We need to cover the whole pitch better, in my view; we need to manage the ball more effectively, with greater clarity in understanding when to slow down and when to speed up – there are two phases: when you have the ball and when you don’t,” he added. “Every day we work on improving what we do. The lads won a good match in Monza against a side that caused us problems; at 2–1, Milinkovic-Savic made a fine save – it wasn’t an easy game. But right now, we need to keep our heads; there’s no point in making grand statements. We need to keep very quiet and get on with the work – we should always keep quiet, but now even more so because we’re lagging behind in the table. We need to improve our position in the table; it won’t be easy because tomorrow we have a head-to-head clash against a team that’s set up to compete for a top-four spot. They’re certainly in the same boat as us – they have the same number of points – but we’ll be facing a wounded, angry side, and tomorrow we’ll need fighting spirit and technical ability; we won’t be facing a team in the form they’re currently in,” emphasised the Livorno-born manager.