Within hours of the decisive match for the Europa League semi-finals, Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis spoke at the end of the UEFA lunch with the Arsenal executives held in the splendid setting of Palazzo Petrucci in Posillipo.
“We have an extraordinary group of guys who always gave their best. In one season there may be moments of fogging but I did not frighten or tear my hair. Ancelotti is a very experienced coach, a decent person and these are very important factors for me .
Did you hear Ancelotti this morning? “Today I will go to the stadium at 6.30pm. I will wait for them there and have time to talk to Carlo. But there is nothing to talk about. In the Champions League we faced far more complicated matches than this one, at least on paper, and we did it in an exemplary manner, coming out of an infernal group due to bad luck but with our heads held high, as we did with Benitez. Arsenal caught us off guard, maybe we took it a little distractedly. It will take concentration this time and there could also be a nice surprise .
On Italian football: Last night a world opened up to me seeing Manchester-Tottenham. I said: this is football. Italy is the prehistory of football. It seems that in Italy we don’t have fun playing. Yesterday’s show is unrepeatable in Italy, where we hide behind a tactic. The real danger in facing an English team is this .
From whom do I expect something more ?: The Ronaldo of Napoli? Ronaldo did not help save Juventus. Football is a group sport, the team wins all together. The team must be able to read the game, adapt to opponents and situations of luck and bad luck that can occur. Even if Arsenal were to score a goal, we will have to earn a victory with even more goals than we had imagined “.
From: Il Mattino.
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