Napoli head coach Luciano Spalletti believes that Inter and Atalanta both have the physicality and technical quality to fight all the way at the top end of the Serie A table.
Speaking in a press conference after his team’s 2-0 win over Bologna yesterday, the Italian tactician emphasized that the Partenopei are in a fight to finish in the top four and singled out the quality of the Nerazzurri and La Dei.
In the first few months of the season Napoli and AC Milan started nearly perfectly to establish themselves as early front-runners in Serie A, seven points clear of the Nerazzurri.
However, since the return from the November international break Inter have surged to the top of the league table, though everything looks to play for among all of the top four sides, with Juventus also lurking close to the Champions League places in fifth after a tough start to the campaign.
Spalletti stated that “We must play our games without being distracted by where we are in the table. We must show the ambition of fight for top four and give our best in every match we face.”
“Looking at yesterday’s match,” he said of Inter’s draw with Atalanta, “we understand the physical quality needed, the fight and the quality it takes to avoid losing to teams like Inter and Atalanta across ninety minutes.”
