At the end of the win against Parma, Walter Mazzarri presented in front of the reporters for the usual postgame press conference.
The difference between Benitez and Mazzarri is summed up by the results of Napoli and Inter against Parma, regardless of the teams. Is Mazzarri’s stay safe?
“Football is made up of moments, the circumstances in which things are going well or less well. I’m happy with the work I do, because you know that there have been improvements in young people as Kovacic and Icardi, who are growing and learning a lot. We are looking for points to get as high as possible, we are trying to finish the best we can, when it’s all finished we’ll summarize.”
The plot of today’s game was similar to that of Genoa, from the missed penalty and numerical superiority. At one point you were also infuriated by the passive attitude from the team. Did you think the problem was with the mentality in thinking they would easily control the result or were the guys just catching their breath?
“When Parma tried to reassemble we noticed it, however, if you don’t score, you lose the ball, and they counter attack and then you could suffer. I’m angry for the how we handled it and the spaces that were given, we must be better at starting and closing in order to avoid risks. This was a sore point at least until the goal of Guarin.”
Given the absences of Rolando and Samuel against Napoli, can you already see the outline of the back four?
“If you want it to be organized well, you need to prepare. This is a defense that must be prepared, there is Andreolli who works well but hasn’t played much. Rolando’s yellow card wasn’t fair, because he didn’t have time to get away, it could have been avoided. Against Napoli we will be limited.”
The players, however, seem more focused now.
“Sure, and that’s good. Even at 2-1 in Livorno we almost scored the third and fourth goal but we were coy, and this needs to be improved. In some things we are still light, we relax, but Italian football is always full of pitfalls, something can happen in every game. You have to grow as a mindset.”
There were at least four former players of yours in the field, but none of them did well. What can you say about Cassano?
“I don’t look at other people’s homes, I speak of my own.”
Fiorentina are in the crosshairs, on Saturday it’s Napoli: better to live with regrets or remorse?
“We live from day to day, from Monday we focus on the match with Napoli, as we have always done.”
Source: fcinternews.it
