Francesco Calzona saw plenty of positive signs from his team in the 1-1 draw at home to Torino on Friday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re disappointed about the result, but I\u2019m pleased with the performance,\u201d explained the boss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe were fully on top throughout. I can\u2019t fault the players and if they express themselves like that all the time, we can go far.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Could there have been a dip ahead of the Champions League?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe prepare for every game with total focus. We tried to win until the very end, which is an important sign. The only disappointing thing is that the match was so affected by time-wasting. Maybe we only played a total of around 50 minutes, which had an impact on the outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are Napoli and we have to be aware of what we stand for. We\u2019ll go to Barcelona to give it our best shot in our way and we\u2019ll see what happens on the pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n What did you make of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia\u2019s excellent performance?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cKvara is a top player. He\u2019s also putting into practice what we talk to each other about in the week. I\u2019m pleased with the other lads too. We played with a constant press tonight and the team performed at a high level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI can stress once again that I\u2019m so pleased with the way the team is approaching games in the right way as that\u2019s the path to getting results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA fact worth reflecting upon is that we\u2019ve conceded in every game since I\u2019ve been in the dugout. It\u2019s not just down to the defenders as the whole team needs to get this right. We\u2019ll gradually get there too. Unfortunately, there\u2019s not much time to work on that, but I\u2019m confident we can strike a better balance in defence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Francesco Calzona saw plenty of positive signs from his team in the 1-1 draw at home to Torino on Friday evening. \u201cWe\u2019re disappointed about the result, but I\u2019m pleased with the performance,\u201d explained the boss. \u201cWe were fully on top throughout. I can\u2019t fault the players and if they express themselves like that all the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":349480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-349518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"nebula-entry","9":"date-day-friday","10":"date-ymd-2024-03-08","11":"date-month-march","12":"cat-id-100","13":"author-id-12","14":"multi-author","15":"has-featured-image"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n