Champions League: Napoli-Bodo Glimt on the pitch on Tuesday at 9pm LIVE

The moment is particularly delicate for Napoli but Massimiliano Allegri is not pessimistic, indeed he seems to be convinced that a result will soon arrive which will represent a definitive reversal of trend. The opportunity could arrive as early as tomorrow evening when the Neapolitans will face the Norwegians Bodo Glimt at the Maradona in a match which, after the two consecutive defeats in the Champions League, can be considered a decisive test.

The coach has the full trust of the club ("I spoke to president De Laurentiis this morning, but words don't count, results count") and he knows well that tomorrow's match is difficult.

"Bodo Glimt - he explains - is a team that had a good showing in the Champions League last year. Tomorrow we will have to play with good technique and precision passing and play a game with the belief that we can bring home some points". "We have to get out of these moments - he observes - and only we can do it. We have to go and look for that result that we're missing at the moment. And we know that maybe if we manage to win tomorrow, we'll see things in another way. However, we have to improve in different situations."

Allegri takes his responsibilities in such a complicated moment. "I have always questioned myself - he underlines - and I will do so as long as I enjoy doing this job". And then he defends his players. "I'm sorry that there are some boys - observes the coach - who have been criticized to a great extent, because they are still part of the Napoli squad. The players who are within the squad - he says - still need to be defended and helped even when there are slightly more difficult moments. The boys must be calm about this because they all have my unconditional trust, otherwise every day we would have to throw ten of them into the sea. And since the transfer market is closed, it's not like we can change players. This is the moment in which everyone must raise their heads and must demonstrate that they can stay in Naples."

"In Venice - says the coach - after a first half in which we weren't very brilliant, we had a decent second half, creating some good opportunities. We have nine games in a month and we will have another nine after the break. We can't think that the same eleven have to always play because Napoli have a squad of 20 players and everyone can play".

"We need to recover the condition of some players - explains Allegri - who for various reasons have been out and are therefore not yet at the top, but we need to do it with total serenity, without having performance anxiety or haste. The qualities of a team don't mean that they reverse or fail in the absence of two results. We need to eliminate what were the shortcomings in some moments of the match. Tomorrow we need to have a match of great technique, of great desire, of great attention and the fans will certainly find us lending a hand".

"I'm very sorry - observes Allegri - for what happened on Saturday because we were coming off three games with two wins and a draw and unfortunately this series was interrupted. But in the space of a year there are difficult moments, so we hope to start getting results again".