Napoli, Leonardo Spinazzola introduces himself
Napoli, Leonardo Spinazzola introduces himself
Soì Leonardo Spinazzola, 31-year-old new Napoli defender, spoke about his new adventure after his expired contract with Roma and his debut with his first goal for Napoli in yesterday's friendly.
"I chose Napoli becauseé I am convinced that I can still give so much. This year we can have fun and we can bother many teams. With the city; I had a very nice impact. My oldest son was immediately catapulted into the reality of Naples, he was already following Maradona in videos, he wants to know all the strongest players in history and immediately asked me for Diego’s jersey. My wife and I stayed there two days, he made a'very good impression".
Spinazzola spoke about Conte, his new coach: "It was a long time,” he said, “that we had to meet, we have been in touch for a long time. After so many years we are here working together, and that certainly had a big impact on my choice. Conte said 'amma struggleà' and it all fits given the first days of training camp, è really strong to raise the bar every day. We try our best, we have to think about training, teaming up, becoming a nucleus, a family. Then in March, April we will see where we stand and we will draw conclusions".
But can Conte’s Napoli aspire to the Scudetto? "We are starting to make a group, to struggle mentally as well – Spinazzola’s answer -.We will certainly bother many teams. Conte in the locker room è been clear from day one, we have to close in the closet closed the previous year not to repeat the same mistakes, but he also said that this è another year. We have to push and mentally reset everything and go strong".
"On the field with him there's more tactics, I recognize a game more similar to Gasperini in terms of concepts. In Rome with Mourinho we used 3-5-2 a lot and not the classic 3-4-3. Lukaku? We speak often. We also spoke during the European Championships, è he was a comrade of mine, è a friend of mine, we have a great relationship. But we didn’t talk about Napoli. Let’s wait…", Spinazzola concluded hissily.
