The Partenopei boss lamenting the wastefulness in front of the goal; delighted with his team’s performance at Stadio Friuli, and targets top-three finish.
Napoli manager, Walter Mazzarri, believes that his team deserved a win rather than a hard-fought draw against Udinese.
Late brace from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Giampiero-Pinzi-c14804 put the hosts two goals up before the hour mark.
Even though http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003 had to scrape to a point, Mazzarri believes that his team was definitely the superior of the two sides, and they deserved to win the game. He believes that the Azzurri played a lot better than their opponents
throughout the game, but they failed to make their chances count.
“We played better than Udinese in the first half, creating more and wasting two or three important chances. We conceded a silly goal with their first foray into our area. Napoli’s performance was excellent both before and after
the break.”
The 50-year-old defended Cavani after the penalty miss, insisting that these kinds of things happen in football. He also rejected talks of changing his set piece taker, as the Uruguayan has missed several spot kicks in the recent
past.
“Is there a penalty problem? These are young lads and it can happen to get a spot-kick wrong. Anyone in football knows full well it can happen. This season we have been a little unlucky, as both Marek Hamsik and Cavani have missed
from the spot. We score them in training, but clearly on a Sunday the goal looks a bit smaller....”
Mazzarri admitted that his team took advantage of the numerical advantage, after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058 Fabbrini was sent off on the hour mark.
Napoli were lucky that their dropped points did not cost them much, as third-placed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lazio-c39775, suffered a defeat in their respective weekend game. The Partenopei remain only one-point behind the Biancazzurri on the 4th spot.
After their exit from the UEFA Champions League, Napoli are now looking to seal a third-place finish.
Walter Mazzarri’s men will face Catania in their next game on Sunday, March 25.
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