NAPLES - The Scudetto becomes a dream, an increasingly distant goal and now practically unattainable. But Carlo Ancelotti is a perfectionist and this story of the many opportunities created and no goals scored do not go down in any way. Today the team has resumed training without enjoying even a day of rest because Thursday evening at San Paolo will play the return leg of the UEFA Europa League round of 32 against Zurich. Napoli starts from the considerable advantage of having won the first leg 3-1 and the match of San Paolo should be little more than a formality. Ancelotti, however, wants to take advantage of this opportunity to begin to put into practice what he talked about last night in the aftermath. The team needs to focus on the details, it takes more precision and more care and scruple in the play and this specific theme does not only affect the attackers but, as explained the coach, even the players of other departments that can and must put in condition who must make a goal to be facilitated in the task. In short, the Swiss will be a first test to try to understand if any progress has been made. Finding the way to the goal on an ongoing basis is, moreover, a primary requirement if you want to hope to make your way back to the Europa League, a competition where Ancelotti knows that his team can get to the end of the course. Training against Zurich is still early to speak, although it is easy to imagine that, compared to the match against Turin, there will be several changes. Who probably will rest with the Swiss is Piotr Zielinski, the man who Ancelotti has used more since the start of the season. The midfielder in an interview with the Polish portal Sportowefakty spoke about his experience in Naples and the future prospects. "My agents - he said - are working on the renewal of the contract, I think only of the camp. There was a period in which I often thought about my future and this was reflected in the field and in the head". "In Naples - added Zielinski - I'm fine, I have two more years of contract and I'd like to win with this club, write the story, especially for our fans who are special". "If Klopp wanted me at Liverpool? I've never talked to him. In Naples - concluded the Polish - I'm fine, I work with Ancelotti who is among the best and makes me learn a lot. We will see then what will happen. I like the center of a big city, but I'm fine in the silence of my home. I live near Naples, until recently my girlfriend Laura and I did not even have neighbors. Now there are supermarkets, pubs and in the yard I have a running dog and the sun is shining. What can I want more? ".
25 Feb 2019
25 Feb 2019