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On the eve of the Champions match against Qarabag, Alessandro Buongiorno spoke at a press conference. Here are his words.

Napoli, Buongiorno: “It will be a tough match, we will be ready”

Alessandro Buongiorno spoke to the official club channels at a press conference on the eve of the match against Qarabag. Here are his words, reported by TuttoNapoli:

On Atalanta

“We are happy with the victory against Atalanta, but we must immediately recover our energy. We started preparing for it yesterday, we know it will be a tough, hard match, and we will be ready.”

On the coach

“We have always had trust in the coach, as he has in us. What we needed to do was recover some energy, especially mentally. Less positive periods happen to everyone. We put everything on the field, we spent a lot of energy to win, and we are happy about this. The group's commitment has always been there.”

On the three-man defense

“We also worked on the three-man defense last year. I like both methods, it requires work from the defenders to press, help in the offensive maneuver. I believe we were good at finding the positions and what we needed to face Atalanta, which is a strong team that goes man to man. We were good, the coach immediately conveyed the movements to us.

We must be careful with preventive measures, prepare immediately for the potential defensive phase even while attacking, paying attention to opponents who stay high. This system allows us to help the maneuver more, but always remembering the preventive measures.”

On the home victory statistics

“Yes, we are very happy about this. Having the support of the fans, on a field you know well, gives you a hand. Then we hope to achieve a victory to dedicate to Maradona. Playing in this stadium is difficult for all others, we will try to continue the streak.”

On injuries

“We must always think about going strong. We all try, both with the technical and medical staff, who are of a high level, to recover as much as possible with all possible means, then we must give our best at every moment without thinking about it.”

On tomorrow's match

“A lot of energy will be needed, it will be a tough game. They come from important matches, a good path, it will be a match that requires commitment, energy, in both phases, we will have to face it at our best.”

On the tactical aspect

“We try to apply very high pressure, to recover the ball close to the opponent's goal. There will certainly be individual duels, and it will be up to us to come strong to win as many as possible and to score by recovering the ball.

They have a lot of intensity, they work a lot on counterattacks, they surround a lot when they attack, then for the rest there will be many individual duels when we press but also when they do, and it will be up to us to win them. Attention must always be there, not only in defense, but from everyone. As a defender or center-back? I feel good in both positions, the tasks change but I feel good in both.”

Raffaele Morra

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