Manager of Napoli, Walter Mazzarri has stressed that his side needs to improve a lot when they play against the big teams in Serie A if they really want to become serious Scudetto contenders.
Napoli lost 3-1 at the Giuseppe Meazza against reigning Serie A champions, Inter Milan. Naturally, the loss frustrated Mazzarri as his side literally crumbled under the pressure.
The Italian said that his side once against demonstrated that it is still unable to cope with the pressure in the big games.
“We came onto the pitch being compact, and start to play like Napoli do after the first goal”, said Mazzarri. After conceding a goal, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003 did well to level the scores, but after conceding the second goal, it seemed that the Napoli players had given up
all hopes of getting a point, and eventually lost 3-1 as they were pressurized and backed into a corner by an Inter side that kept piling the pressure.
An early goal in the 3rd minute of the game by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Esteban-Cambiasso-c12912 gave Inter the lead in the 37th minute.
Motta then guaranteed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 3 points in the 55th minute.
The game was Leonardo’s first game for Inter and the Brazilian couldn’t have asked for a better start to his Inter coaching career.
The result now takes Inter Milan to 7th place in the Serie A table while Napoli are in third. Inter Milan next travel to Catania this Sunday while Napoli will have another big game when they host Juventus- a side that will be looking to bounce
back from an unexpected and humiliating 4-1 loss to Parma.
After the game, Inter Director, Marco Branca insisted that the side doesn’t really need any new face in the January transfer window as he believes that it is good enough to compete in the Serie A already, which has been proven by a fairly comfortable 3-1
win against the 3rd position holders, Napoli.
Branca believes that the side is very competitive and, with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-Milito-c11166, Inter have a greater than average strike force who are ably assisted by a midfield that is bound to get stronger as the season heads towards the finale.
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