“We must not react, we must respond when we make a mistake, we did not make a mistake with Lazio in terms of the situation and only the result was missing.” Luciano Spalletti at the conference He defends his team after the knockout with Lazio, on the eve of the match against Atalanta, an opponent who is not easy to face and who Napoli will have to overcome to resume its triumphant march towards the great goal: “Lazio plays with a handkerchief, with a good explanation when to shorten the line and when to evade and use space coverage With the mass of the team, while Atalanta comes to you, the spaces between the sections will be wider and you will have to create the spaces. Analyzing Spalletti who clearly does not want to hear talks about the next matches: “We always talk about future matches, I’ve said it many times that it doesn’t work like that for us, we play them simultaneously. We don’t have the assumption of being able to manage the tournament As if it was a formality or an obstacle to other, more important matches, the obstacle is only now Atalanta and they are very strong for many reasons. Woe to speak not only of formality, but also of a slope or plain that takes a cue from the excellent path of the Italians in Europe: “Scudetto? It will only be possible to think of it when there is no other team in a position where we can do it still.” There are many matches at the level, we’ve seen the quality that is in Italy despite what has been said in the European comparison, and that says a lot about the difficulties of bringing the result home.”
Antecedents and statistics
Historically, and also due to characteristics, Napoli suffered from Atalanta much more than Lazio, who emerged victorious from Maradona in the last round. Indeed, the Napoli side have won just one of their last four home matches against Atalanta in Serie A (one draw, two defeats) and came back from the knockout stage last season, but they haven’t lost two in a row since 1997. Bergamo players However, it doesn’t seem like it. Exceptionally: Atalanta did not win in the last three matches in the Italian League (1 draw and 2 by knockout) and did not score in the last two matches: only in 2018 did they not even score in three matches in a row. dead ball factorNapoli is the team that has scored the most goals from corner kicks (13) in the top 5 European leagues while Atalanta is among the top six in the Serie A standings, conceding the most goals from corner kicks (5). But beware of the start of the second half for AtalantaHe scored 31% of his goals (13 out of 42) in Serie A in the first 15 minutes of the second half: he scored in percentage terms and in absolute terms, six more goals than the seven for Napoli, who also score a lot of points.
The latest in Naples
Spalletti must drop Raspadori and Lozano who are still at their best, as well as the disqualified Mario Rui. So the defense forced Oliveira, with Kim, Rahmani and Di Lorenzo and in the attack Trident Politano (favored over Elmas), Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia. Doubts are related to the broker e Lyrics about Ndombele They fired him in a dispute (with Elmas himself) over a place, possibly instead of Zielinski, with Anguissa and Lobotka confirming. For the rest, Spalletti will run the effort with the five substitutions based on the progression of the match.
The latest in Atlanta
Gasperini is without Hatibore and the Copminers, but retrieves Scalvini and Zappacosta. The latter could also act from the start by taking back his place at the expense of Ruggeri while in defence, Toloi, Palomino and Djemcetti should form a defensive trio that could allow Scalvini to stand in midfield alongside De Roon. In this way, Ederson, the phantom attacking midfielder, becomes a solution (also to protect Lobotka) behind Hoglund and Luckmann.
Naples – Atalanta – Saturday, March 11, at 6 p.m
Naples (4-3-3): Merritt; DiLorenzo, Rahmani; Kim, Oliveira; Anguissa, Lobotka, Ndombele; Politano, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia. Spalletti flocks
Ballot papers: Ndombele-Zielinski 55%-45%, Politano-Elmas 60%-40%
Atlanta (3-4-1-2): Musso; Toloi, Palomino and Djamseti; Zappacosta, De Rhone, Scalvini, Mahle; Ederson. Hoglund, Luckman. everyone
Ballots: Zappacosta-Ruggeri 55%-45%, Ederson-Pasalic 55%-45%
to ruleColombo (Berti Colarossi, IV: Duvere, VAR: Valerie, AVAR: Abisso)
where to track it – Live TV on DAZN, Live Radio on Kiss Kiss Italia and Live Text on Tuttonapoli with extensive pre- and post-match coverage on Tuttonapoli.net
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