Rafa Benitez warns Inter and Napoli
Benitez’s words
Rafa Benitez spoke to Gazzetta dello Sport about the duel for the Scudetto between Inter and Napoli: "I am happy to find them there again, playing this Scudetto. It can be said that it has become a championship of two, although Atalanta still has a chance to get back: seven points seem a lot to me, but they are not an enormity, for the two in front have something more, as we have already said.
"È it is true that every three days we struggle a lot but I would also add that matches – the mostù beautiful thing in soccer – become a coaching aspect and as such coaches know how to exploit them. I believe that a coach like Conte, with his history, to also have the Champions League would be very happy. It is not his fault that he does not have it, we know how it went last season, and so he tries to make the most of the calendar that the season offers him. I remain convinced that if he were to take the field even on Wednesday, he would not lose stimulus, in fact he would find it, and rather than thinking about the risk of fatigue he would enjoy the flavor of an international event. No one denies the expenditure of energy, few think about the motivation and stimuli that certain challenges fuel".
"Will it be done to the bitter end? I don’t know if it is possible, if there will be tears on the medium-term. I do know, however, that in the next two days we can have other very suggestive indications: Napoli will go to Rome, Inter will have the derby; then after a fortnight there will be Inzaghi’s super-challenge at home to Juventus while Napoli will return to Rome, against Lazio, an opponent that is healthy, is doing very well in Europe, has consistency and has already beaten the Azzurri twice. It will hardly come out a definitive ruling but è it is clear that we will know more.
"In early March there will beà Napoli-Inter? I suspect that not even from that match we will arrive at a decision, becauseé the season è very long and conditions may vary. But in general there’è;s a similarity worth noting: the personality of Napoli and Inter, one at 53 points and the other at 50 and with a game to make up. Potentially they could find themselves at arm’s length. And then both the’one and the’other devour matches".
