Napoli: Three Azzurri in Spalletti’s ideal Champions League XI | OneFootball

In the past few hours, Luciano Spalletti spoke at the Festival dello Sport in Trento, where he was asked about his ideal lineup considering only the players he has coached throughout his career. The chosen formation is the 4-2-3-1, a system he has frequently used during his successful coaching career.

Napoli, three players included in Spalletti's Top 11: here is his ideal lineup

Starting with the goalkeeper, Spalletti chose the former Roma and Juventus player, Wojciech Szczesny, who was signed by Roma from Arsenal. In front of the Polish defender now in form at Barcelona, as the right-back, he chose the current Napoli defender, alongside former Napoli player Kalidou Koulibaly, Christian Chivu, and Marek Jankulovski, one of the best players who developed at his Udinese. Behind the attacking midfield, he selected Daniele De Rossi and David Pizarro, although Spalletti himself, when he was Roma's coach, used the Chilean as an attacking midfielder. The quality upfront highlights the greatness of the coach's career, who led Napoli to their third championship: on the right, Momo Salah still playing for Liverpool, on the left Khvicha Kvaratskhelia with Napoli, who recently won his first Champions League, and just behind the striker, Francesco Totti, a legend of Roma and Italian football. The striker placed in front of this immensely talented attacking midfield is Edin Dzeko.

Mario Di Domenico

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