Luciano Spalletti heaped praise on his team after the dramatic 2-1 victory over Roma at the Stadio Maradona on Sunday evening to extend Napoli\u2019s lead at the top of Serie A to 13 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis was a team victory,\u201d stated the boss. \u201cOnly when you have such a united group can you win these tight matches. Everyone played a key role tonight because those who came off the bench showed that their heads were already in the game before coming on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the attitude that we always need if we want to achieve major targets. Players who come on don\u2019t play instead of a team-mate, rather they play alongside their team-mate. I have players who don\u2019t want to take anyone\u2019s place away, but they do want to make their contribution to help the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRoma played with so much intensity and I\u2019d say we were less brave than we usually are in terms of getting the ball moving and that made it easier for them to mark our players and outnumber us in certain parts of the pitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c[Victor] Osimhen scored a fantastic goal. He has it all: strength, power, quality and technique. He unleashed a firebolt out there. He\u2019s becoming so difficult to mark even when he is out of possession because he always tries to win every ball back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Were you brave to take him off towards the end?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, I have a deep squad. I have players who always deserve to play. I can\u2019t always play the same guys because I have a quality squad and it would be a loss for us to leave players like [Jack] Raspadori and [Giovanni] Simeone out in attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have two forwards who scored key goals in the Champions League group stage that led us to victories and earnt us points. They came on with a type of determination that makes you understand their value. The same thing goes for [Eljif] Elmas and [Matias] Olivera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI can only reiterate that this is a team win. The explosion of joy and hugs on the touchlines at the end of the match are proof of the extraordinary togetherness here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyone is talking about the Scudetto now that Napoli are 13 points clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m just talking about this game. We have three more points in the bag and have beaten a great side. Roma showed that they\u2019re one of the best teams we\u2019ve faced at the Stadio Maradona. Now we can look ahead to the next game. Having a lead is just a consequence. We\u2019re not managing anything. We\u2019re just playing in the way that we know and trying to continue down this path.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Luciano Spalletti heaped praise on his team after the dramatic 2-1 victory over Roma at the Stadio Maradona on Sunday evening to extend Napoli\u2019s lead at the top of Serie A to 13 points. \u201cThis was a team victory,\u201d stated the boss. \u201cOnly when you have such a united group can you win these tight […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":133559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n