Osimhen and Spaletti relish Napoli great start in Serie A
Spaletti had plenty of good things to say about his team after they dismantled Verona in their opening match of the 2022/23 season.
Super Eagles and Napoli striker Victor Osimhen expressed his satisfaction after playing his part in Napoli's opening-day win over Verona.
The Eagles striker turned in just before halftime to put the Azzurri 2-1 up before they eventually ran out 5-2 winners at the Bentegodi.
"I'm happy with my goal but most importantly because we won,” the striker began. “We needed to get off to a good start for team morale at the start of this new cycle.
“It shows we're still a great team and that we've signed some talented players.
“The lads are helping me a lot and [Luciano] Spalletti has great confidence in me.
“[Kvitcha] Kvara[tskhelia] scored a good goal – and just before then I said he was going to score! He's a top-quality player but we have strength and quality throughout this squad.”
Napoli manager Luciano Spalletti was on with Osimhen.
Spaletti had plenty of good things to say about his team after they dismantled Verona in their opening match of the 2022/23 season.
"We prepared well for this game over the last week and the lads deserve credit for putting our plans into practice as well as they did,” the coach began.
"We played with real character and determination to get off to the best possible start. One thing we need to do is up the tempo when we have the ball to make our dominance count, but the whole team was superb.”
"[Stanislav] Lobotka looked like [Andres] Iniesta today, He had an incredible game and scored a textbook goal. The same can be said about [Piotr] Zielinski – he made a brilliant surging run for his goal.
“[Kvitcha] Kvara[tskhelia] showed his class but he could have had an even bigger impact in the first half. He's a complete footballer and he produced some stunning pieces of play despite being a bit nervous. I'm sure he'll get even better.
“We took our goals really well – the lads showed character and quality. I'm confident and calm about the strength of this squad. If the fans play their part as they did today we can really enjoy ourselves. The Neapolitan people should know that the players who wear this shirt do so with passion.”
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