The match between Atalanta and Napoli, second and first in the Serie A standings, is the super match on Saturday.
Napoli are calm given the 5 points behind their opponents.
Here are the words of the Napoli coach, Luciano Spalletti, in a press conference, on the eve of the away match against Atalanta: "
The match against Atalanta means facing good players who make a great team. For this we must face it with the awareness of to be a strong team and from Anfield
- after the Champions League match against Liverpool - we come out with certainties ".
And he continues: "
It takes quality and physical strength because they were built correctly by Gasperini, who is a veteran coach of the 'terrible' ones. But we want difficult games and have the strength to play them".
The club will have to do without Kvaratskhelia, who will not play against Atalanta, due to acute low back pain.
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Meanwhile Gian Piero Gasperini, Atalanta coach, during training in anticipation of the match against Napoli, loses Luis Muriel by injury.
The Club informs that the player is expected to stop for at least two weeks due to the partial lesion of the proximal insertion of the common adductor tendon on the right.
This will force Muriel to skip the matches against Napoli, Lecce and Inter.
This is the Atalanta report:
"Differentiated work for de Roon and Zappacosta. Muriel in the pits: the instrumental tests the Colombian striker underwent showed a partial lesion of the proximal insertion of the common adductor tendon on the right. recovery times are not quantifiable at the moment and depend on the clinical progression of the player. ”
But
The Bergamo coach does not seem to be worried by the situation, given the possible return of
Zapata
.
ANSA / PAOLO MAGNI
Football, the coach of Atalanta Gasperini
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