Napoli-Frosinone on the pitch at the Maradona for the sixth day of Serie A
THE LIVE
THE EVE OF NAPLES-FROSINONE
"We know that we are facing a team like Frosinone who are doing very well. It is a team that has good players, with good technique. But for us it is absolutely important to bring home the victory, above all to be able to prepare well for another important match with Villarreal in the Champions League." Massimiliano Allegri knows the value of his opponent in the championship and knows well how important a victory would be. "An important month begins with nine matches. Let's see the positive aspect that we have recovered some players and that there will be others. The further we go the more surely we will recover other players and therefore there must absolutely be no extenuating circumstances and alibis but there must be a team that goes on the pitch tomorrow with the awareness of the importance of the match and above all that the match must be faced with great humility because in any case - he concludes - we must have great respect for Frosinone".
"In Florence I was very angry over a simple fact, because until now if I had to reproach the team for one thing it would be the fact that they didn't understand in certain moments - like when we were 2-0 in Milan or even in Florence - the importance of the match", claims Allegri, revealing the reason for the anger shown on the pitch at the end of the match against Fiorentina. "It's not a technical question - concludes the coach - it's not a tactical question, it's just a question of understanding the moments of the match and we absolutely have to improve on this because otherwise we will hardly bring the results home".
"The news is that McTominay will be called up and therefore we will have a player available for at least 20-30 minutes", adds the Neapolitan coach, announcing that the Scottish footballer, definitively recovered, is available for the match against Frosinone at Maradona. Unfortunately - he observes - there are injuries throughout the season. At the moment they have returned from the national teams and we have lost especially Vergara and Favasuli for a while, while as far as Olivera is concerned I believe that within 4-5 days, at most a week he could be fine. Anguissa is recovering. Then in the defensive department we have the return of Marianucci, Beukema is doing well like Rrahmani and we have Marin and Badiashile who has grown a lot". "So - concludes Allegri - from that aspect I am absolutely not worried".
"It will certainly be a difficult match, against a strong team, but we are not afraid." Frosinone defender Gabriele Bracaglia thus presents the match against Napoli to 'Maradona', also taking stock of the team's current situation, returning from a break which allowed them to recover energy and work on the physical and tactical aspect, which he considers "an opportunity". The defender removes the risk that the pressure could affect the group after the excellent results obtained so far, saying that he saw the boys very calm, with their feet on the ground, and concentrated on their work as always. Compliments are nice, it's normal but they don't influence us."
"We have a clear identity and we will continue like this on Saturday too, then Alvini's game plan will decide, but I know that he likes to play openly against everyone - he continues -. We know the characteristics of Napoli, so we will be careful, but we will play our game, which I hope will be good for us and the spectators." For Bracaglia, born in Frosinone and raised in the yellow-blue club, the match will also represent an important moment on a personal level. "Serie A was a dream - he claims -, I think I got there through work and thanks to all the coaches I had".
