“Naples taught how to celebrate a Scudetto, taught how to make everyone participate in the joy of another team. Joy has no boundaries”. So Luciano Spalletti spoke in Bologna during the handover ceremony Bulgarelli Award, of which the Napoli coach was awarded. Upon arrival in the audience, the blue coach was the protagonist of a curtain with the referee Orsato, next to whom he sat down and with whom he took a photo complete with a hug. On stage then his words of thanks especially for his players: “My players are committed, they did everything very well, giving great availability in training and in the game. They demonstrated that attachment to the shirt, something in which Giacomo Bulgarelli was the absolute master”. President of the jury, which in addition to Spalletti awarded Davide Frattesi and Alice Parisi as the best midfielders in the men’s and women’s A, it was Fabio Capello what Spalletti asked when he realized he had a team for the Scudetto. Spalletti replied as follows: “When you put your hand heavily into a team as happened, we need to replace the strong players with as many strong players. There are videos, news, teammates: this is how we get information about the players. Maybe they were unknown to someone, but there are videos, you get information, now you come from everywhere. Director Giuntoli obviously did most of the work, and its staff, who have great quality in doing this. Then they go and put these players in the positions that are missing. Another characteristic that a coach needs is to always have the conviction that he is dealing with strong players, it is fundamental. Then we set to work with the utmost discipline and maximum availability of time, but then it’s always the time you dedicate to something that makes the difference. And I dedicated it all to him! So then, slowly, a game system is created, to believe in something shared by the players. And then it’s never just one game, there are the episodes, the moments in which you are in better physical and mental condition. The injuries. It’s working in a serious way that leads to the final result”.
Spalletti to the fans: “If I stay? The club must tell us”
As he was leaving the Sala Borsa Library where the award ceremony was held, Spalletti was approached by many onlookers and also by some fans of Naples who asked for reassurance about his future: “If I stay? This must be said by the clubbut I’ve already said this, it’s nothing new”