Vincenzo Italiano is glad Spezia eventually ‘lost with dignity’ after a 4-2 defeat to Napoli in the Coppa Italia quarter-final.
They had been 4-0 down by half-time, making qualification practically impossible, but Spezia did get two back after the break with Emanuel Gyasi and Gennaro Acampora.
“If you get the wrong approach from the start against a great team, you will pay for that mistake,” Italiano told RAI Sport.
Vincenzo Italiano is glad Spezia eventually ‘lost with dignity’ after a 4-2 defeat to Napoli in the Coppa Italia quarter-final.
They had been 4-0 down by half-time, making qualification practically impossible, but Spezia did get two back after the break with Emanuel Gyasi and Gennaro Acampora.
“If you get the wrong approach from the start against a great team, you will pay for that mistake,” Italiano told RAI Sport.
“We lost with dignity, and nobody enjoys losing, but we tried to make up for our errors in the second half. We honoured the Coppa Italia and reached the quarter-finals.”
This is Spezia’s first ever Serie A season, so the focus has to be on avoiding relegation.
“We’ll see what happens over the next 19 rounds. If we play the way we did in the first half with Napoli, then we’re in trouble. If we play like we did in the second half, then we can survive.”
Goalkeeper Titas Krapikas struggled again in goal this evening, so now that Jeroen Zoet has recovered from injury, will he get back into the side?
“Whoever deserves to play will get his chance.”