Genoa, Alberto Gilardino compliments his own

The words of Alberto Gilardino after Napoli-Genoa

After seeing the opportunity to walk out with the three points from the Maradona fade away in the final minutes, Genoa coach Alberto Gilardino, at the microphones of "DAZN", wanted to congratulate his players for the performance carried out against Napoli. In addition, the former striker also wanted to send some advice to Mateo Retegui.

"C’è a growth of mentality; from the team incredible. I am happy with the performance, attitude and quality of play against a strong team. We almost couldn’t bring it home but it’s normal to concede chances against such strong players. We showed that we are there and that we are capable of a willing performance to bring a positive result home. It’ an important point for our continuation of the championship” began the coach of the Rossoblù.

“The’retreatè in the dynamics of the match and the interpreters of the opposing teams. Both Atalanta and Napoli have individualità excellent individuals in the’one-on-one. You also have to be good at getting down and not losing the ball on the way out. In the second half there was a will’to come in strong and we scored right away. The’entry of their strong players in the final like Raspadori made us lower in the last 20 meters” continued the'former Fiorentina center forward.

"What we got è the result of a lot of work, but above all the daily availability of the boys, the sacrifice and the desire to go and get the points everywhere. Today it was not easy to come to Naples against this team, with Milan in the final created and had chances. It's normal that it is not going through an excellent moment, but we were also good at containing it by sacrificing and running" added the former Milan striker.

In conclusion, Alberto Gilardino è dwelt on the performance of some individuals: "Morten è a box-to-box player, he is also improving in body position. Playing with his teammates has made him grow, today in addition to running and recovering balls è he also managed to score goals. I am happy for him, as well as for all the boys. Mateo also played well, but he didn’t è manage to find the goal. He has a lot of room for improvement in ball control and in shooting both right and left from outside the box. He has a desire to improve and that makes it easier".