Paolo Maldini guffaws against Napoli

The words of Paolo Maldini

Paolo Maldini spoke in Stefano Pioli’s place after the 2-1 win at Fiorentina: “Fundamental victory to close 2022 well, a draw would have been a half defeat. Standings? We have two points less than last year, but the difference with first place is thanks to Napoli who are doing incredible things….”

“We don’t have many players who are going to the World Cup, but for example Giroud ran for 95 minutes, and he didn’t think about it. Maybe those coming back from injury could think about it, but that’s not our case. Maybe just Dest, but he gritted his teeth to be there and made himself available.”

Closing remark on the Scudetto race: “Last year when we played the return derby we were -7, then we won the title. We know it’s not easy to keep this pace until the end, we obviously have to grow.”