Mazzarri happy to see Barcelona using his tactics and reveals his European ambitions: Serie A news
Napoli manager, Walter Mazzarri, believes that Barcelona manager, Pep Guardiola, is using his team’s idea of playing a three man defence.
The Neapolitan are famous for deploying a three centre-back defence and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 have also done the same on many occasions this seasons. Mazzarri admitted that he is happy that the manager of unarguably the best team in the world
is following his side’s tactics and using them in their own games.
The former Sampdoria boss is full of respect for the Catalan boss and believes that he is one of the best managers in the game.
"Do I feel like the Italian Guardiola? I watch and study his football, but I think that he has also looked at ours, as he has tried to defend with three [at the back]. There is a mutual respect between us, as I complimented the
way he manages to implement so many different ideas on his team's play."
Mazzarri once again revealed that UEFA Champions League is the main focus of his team this season and he desperately wants to do well in Europe. The 50-year-old is impressed with his team’s Champions League form so far and wants
them to continue playing like this in the rest of the games.
"I like to raise expectations every season. It's a kind of stimulus, a challenge that becomes more fascinating each time. Every year it becomes more difficult, as now we're the team to beat and everything is more complicated.”
added the Napoli boss
The former defender added that the first game of the Champions League showed the true colours of his team and they proved that they are a competitive unit. Napoli held Manchester City to a 1-1 draw at the Etihad Stadium last month.
The Partenopei side has done a decent http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 in the league as well and are placed 4th in the Serie table. They have picked up 14 points from 8 matches played so far and are only two points behind leaders, Juventus.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003 will play their next game away to Catania at the Stadio Angelo Massimino on Saturday, October 29th, 2011.
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