Allegri: Napoli is not out of competition for all tournaments

Massimiliano Allegri, the coach of the Napoli team, said that his team is not yet out of the race for titles, after its 1-1 draw with Lazio, on Sunday, in the 11th round of the Italian Football League.

Napoli had entered the match in a severe crisis after losing in the last two matches to Juventus in the league and Porto in the Champions League. The last defeat raised tension within the club and prompted President Aurelio De Laurentiis to put the team in a closed training camp.

After the draw with Lazio, Allegri said in statements to the DAZN Italia network: “We must continue. Because we are still behind in the standings, but there is plenty of time. “In Milan, we had an advantage of eight points, and we lost by 11 points within two months.”

He added: "Let's remember that we are not out of the Italian League, the Italian Cup, or the Champions League yet. There are difficult moments throughout the season, and I think we need to deal with them in a spirit of calm, try to restore the injured, and bring simplicity and organization to this situation."

Napoli ranks tenth with 15 points in the Italian League standings.

Jurgen Klopp, coach of the German national football team, summoned Riedel Paco, Leipzig's right-back, to join the team's roster.

This comes after Waldemar Anton, the Borussia Dortmund player, was excluded from the last two matches of the German national team in the group stage of the European Nations League due to a muscle injury.

The German Football Association said in a statement on Sunday that Baku will join the national team camp on Monday, along with the rest of the players on the 24-player list.

The German national team will host the Serbian national team next Friday, before hosting the Netherlands national team in the capital, Berlin, three days later.

This change means that Finn Jelich will likely become the alternative option at centre-back, while Paco, who has previously played eight international matches, will replace Philippe Trew at right-back.

The German national team currently occupies third place in its group standings as the end of the group stage in the European Nations League approaches.

Despite being three points behind the Dutch and Greek teams, Klopp's team still has a chance to finish the competition in first or second place, which guarantees its qualification to the quarter-finals in the continental competition, which will be held next March.

Portuguese Ruben Amorim, coach of the Milan team, expressed his happiness with his team’s victory over Genoa in the Italian Football League, praising the way and mentality that characterized the team in the match that was held in the 11th round of the competition.

Amorim added in statements to the DAZN Italia network: “I am once again proud of the team’s players. I said before the match that the most important thing is to be competitive, because if we have this attitude in every match, we will be closer to winning every match.”

He explained: “There are moments when we change the course of the match, go for the second ball and play different types of football, and this is what distinguishes any big team that can play in different ways during the same match.”

Amorim added: “We can win any match, but I cannot tell you that we will reach this goal at the end of the season, because I do not feel that the consistency is there yet. I do not want to say more than that we are capable of winning the next match, but after that it depends on a lot of things.”

The Portuguese coach concluded his statements by saying: “If all the players were available to us, we would be better not only in the Italian League but also in the European League. This round of matches was difficult for us because of everything that happened, but I can say that if we are competitive, we can win any match in the league.”

Milan ranks fourth in the Italian League standings with 24 points.