Lorenzo Insigne assures he was not nervous when stepping up to take the decisive penalty against Juventus, as Napoli ‘united as a team.’
The captain converted a penalty awarded for Giorgio Chiellini’s arm in Amir Rrahmani’s face, then Alex Meret performed some crucial saves.
Lorenzo Insigne assures he was not nervous when stepping up to take the decisive penalty against Juventus, as Napoli ‘united as a team.’
The captain converted a penalty awarded for Giorgio Chiellini’s arm in Amir Rrahmani’s face, then Alex Meret performed some crucial saves.
“We are happy with the result, but above all the performance, because we worked as a team, fighting together to the end and Chucky was shattered at the end, so we were basically down to 10. We still united as a team and brought home the victory,” Insigne told Sky Sport Italia.
“This season hasn’t been as good as last year yet, but we had so many problems from injuries to COVID, and lost David Ospina in the warm-up too today.
“We can’t let it distract us, we need to stay calm and focused, just keep going.”
It was Insigne’s 100th goal in the Napoli jersey, but also ended his curse of missing three previous spot-kicks against the Bianconeri, one only last month in the Supercoppa.
“I was calm, because I know the coach and my teammates have faith in me and that is enough. I am still sad about what happened in the Supercoppa, but if I just think about mistakes of the past, I will never be able to move on. I have to keep going.
“It’s special as a Neapolitan to seal this victory over Juventus and I dedicate it to my wife for Valentine’s Day.”