With Napoli set to face Atalanta at the Gewiss Stadium tomorrow evening, Spalletti previewed the highly anticipated fixture in the press conference.
Currently, I Partenopei sit at the pinnacle of the league with a total of 32 points as they managed to maintain an unbeaten status, collecting ten wins and two draws within the first twelve matches.
Meanwhile, Atalanta trail Spalletti’s squad by five points, and are only one point ahead of Milan. A victory for La Dea would enable Gasperini’s side to cover ground and continue pushing towards the title.
Napoli have been a formidable force this season thus far as the Azzurri managed to tally a total of 30 goals for in twelve matches. However, Spalletti’s men face one of their toughest challenges yet as Atalanta’s defensive shape has been extremely compact, conceding only eight goals so far throughout the campaign.
While speaking to the media, as relayed by TuttoNapoli, the Tuscan tactician provided his thoughts on Atalanta as opponents ahead of tommorow evening’s fixture:
“Tomorrow there are many risks, they have good players who determine an excellent team, it will take the awareness of being strong even if we leave Anfield with this certainty. What we always say, quality and physical strength will be needed, they are created in a way correct and then there is Gasp who is a veteran of the terrible ones.”
In addition, he gave his perspective on what his squad will have to execute in order to avoid a large amount of difficulties:
“There is not just one thing, the field is so big that the solutions are always multiple. We will have to do everything, interpret the changes in the same match, and we have seen that the team knows how to play openly and how to behave in various situations. “