NAPOLI - Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti was interviewed by La Gazzetta dello Sport this morning. As usual, the Napoli coach has dealt with some issues concerning the team: the permanence after landing in the summer, the ambitions of the club, the desire to win something and the environment of Naples, but not only. The coach also talked about his perception of football in general and the strength of Juventus.
Here are some words of the blue coach Ancelotti: "Soccer? It should be a game. In Naples it is also a means of revenge, a redemption of the sense of abandonment that the city perceives for centuries. However, for me it remains a game. There are people who do not sleep there, I honestly always sleep. The football players? In a player, intelligence matters a lot, but at physical size I do not give much importance because everyone can play football. The physical aspect, in my idea of a ball, has no predominance on the intellectual or technical aspect. Only personality matters more. When I arrived in Naples I tried to understand the project that the company had in mind. I knew the team and I liked it, with Sarri for 3 years proposed a specific job that is very well recognized. I did not want to revolutionize anything then, obviously, slowly we changed something in the game system, naturally with the placet of the players. Here there may be the idea of setting up an English manager style adventure. I like Naples very much, the city is beautiful, I like to frequent it, when I go out or go to the restaurant nobody disturbs me. The racist choirs? Mine is not just a talk about Naples, in Italy there is a malpractice that must end. If there are certain choirs, it is necessary to follow the procedures established by the regulation.
This team has enormous potential, we have shown it in the Champions League group. The Team? I am convinced that I have the best midfield in Italy, but Koulibaly is on a par with Sergio Ramos, Varane and the Juventus defenders. Is a physically robust attacker missing? It depends on how you want to play, for now our methods have worked. Juventus? Surely it is very strong but it is not unbeatable, not unreachable ".