Rizzardi: Napoli gave me a lot, Inter will trouble them till the end | OneFootball

On Stile TV during the broadcast "Salite sulla giostra" by Raffaele Auriemma, Ivan Rizzardi, a former footballer who played with Baroni in Napoli, intervened.

Napoli, Ivan Rizzardi on our microphones: “Napoli has given me so much, Inter will bother the Azzurri until the end”

These are his statements on our microphones: “This shake-up was needed, Gattuso was needed because he has character. However, our National team is not much, if we are afraid of Israel or Estonia it means that our football has lowered in level. We should work more to produce more talents. We have good young players, Pio Esposito, for example, is a forward who can become strong, on a World level, but in Italy, the pressure for results is always immense and they try to play the experienced players, maybe even foreigners, rather than letting our own grow. Another example is Mussolini who is finding little space in Cremona because he is young, but not experienced. Baroni, besides being a very good person, is a very prepared coach. Let's try to give him an important team because he also did very well at Lazio, but look at the material he had. Baroni has shown that with little he brings out the maximum, he is very prepared technically and character-wise, I am really curious to see what he would do with a great team.

“It's all a matter of opportunity, he has never been given a great opportunity. Sure, he is good because he coaches in Serie A, but he has never had a great opportunity and I believe he deserves it. Napoli will have more difficulty this year because all the opponents will wait for Napoli, because this year there is the midweek round. Winning in Napoli is like winning 5 championships in another city, but Conte can be the extra man because he is the right man for the environment. I believe Napoli and Inter will compete until the end, I don't believe much in the others. It's in defense that perhaps Napoli lacks a bit in alternatives, but from midfield up I believe it is the strongest team in Italy. I played only one year in Napoli and I didn't even do very well, but Napoli gave me many friends. It gave me so much and 35 years later we still have a group where we discuss. Napoli and Cremona are the two cities that gave me the most, in other cities I was fine, but affinity is another thing.”

Vincenzo Schiavo

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