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The visitors ran out 2-0 winners at the Stadio Olimpico after a brace from Dries Mertens.
What is there to say after a defeat like this?
“We are disappointed. We played poorly in the first half, we gave away too much. In the second half we did better, even if it didn’t ultimately change the final result.”
What went wrong in the first half?
“Speaking on behalf of my teammates, I can assure you that we prepared for this game like it was an opportunity. An opportunity to demonstrate our ambitions. But it didn’t work out like that. In the first half we suffered too much.”
Was the decision made to play so deep in the first half?
“We prepared for the game deciding not to press high up the pitch. What we need to understand is that sitting a bit deeper does not mean having a passive attitude. Obviously, by being a bit deeper, Napoli had the ball in dangerous areas with their key players – and that put us in difficulty.”
Do you still have the strength to keep fighting in the league?
“Absolutely. This game did not go well for us. Winning this game would not just have been three points, it would have meant a lot more than that. It would have meant that we made up for the first meeting this season and we had beaten a rival. It should have been the game where we did that.”
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