Napoli Coach Maurizio Sarri believes “our only chance” is to go on the attack against Juventus.
The Vesuviani face the Bianconeri in Turin tomorrow night in a top-of the-table showdown which is being billed as crucial for the Scudetto race. Click here for a match preview.
“We’ll play our football,” Sarri promised in his pre-match Press conference.
Napoli Coach Maurizio Sarri believes “our only chance” is to go on the attack against Juventus.
The Vesuviani face the Bianconeri in Turin tomorrow night in a top-of the-table showdown which is being billed as crucial for the Scudetto race. Click here for a match preview.
“We’ll play our football,” Sarri promised in his pre-match Press conference.
“Experience tells us that when we stop playing [our way] we become vulnerable, so our only chance to get something from such a tremendous stadium and an opponent like Juventus is by playing our football.
“Maybe we won’t succeed, maybe we’ll be camped in our own area for 70 minutes, but it won’t be by choice. Even if it’s for 30 seconds we’ll play our football.
“Our lads shouldn’t be tense, they should just think about the performance and then accept the result.
“We have no final objectives, there’s just tomorrow’s game. The game gives us confidence, because we’re on par with Juventus, the team that has dominated Italian football in recent years, so that’s already a source of pride.
“We’re not satisfied, but we’re mad enough to go to Turin and impose our game on them. They’re more used to playing these kind of games than we are, but we do have four or five who can help out the younger players.
“When there are two solid defences, it’s down to individuals to decide the game. They have a lot of individuals who can decide a game, but we’re not bad in that regard ourselves.”
A win would see the Partenopei go five points clear at the top of Serie A, but Sarri denied it's the biggest game of his career.
“These are questions that are put to those who come from the bottom, I don’t feel anything, I’m just thinking about the game.
“I don’t think tomorrow’s game is the most important, without the 500 preceding it I wouldn’t be here.
“You in the media determine the importance, for me Sangiovannese-Grosseto was also important to determine [Serie] C2.”
Napoli fans will not be allowed to travel to Turin, and the Coach believes the decision is unfair.
“[A win] would be for our fans, we hold them dear and we’re disappointed that they won’t be in Turin,” Sarri lamented.
“I think it’s an injustice, collective punishment doesn’t make sense, and I thought the same when Juventus weren’t allowed to come here – I said that publicly.
“I don’t believe in these decisions, and we’ll try to bring satisfaction to our fans. But that’s all it would mean, as there will still be 13 games to go.”