Italian manager Luciano Spalletti, Napoli manager, responded to the praise of his Spanish colleague Pep Guardiola, Manchester City manager, with his team by revealing what he called the little game that everyone knows.
“It’s probably the best team in Europe this year in terms of style of play and close to Arsenal,” Guardiola said of Napoli’s praise.
And the Spanish newspaper Marca quoted Spalletti’s response to Guardiola: “I’m not proud of these words, this is a game of putting pressure on others, we all know this, and we will not be deceived by this.”
And the Napoli coach added: “How can we put a team that invests 9 million euros in front of a team that spends 900 million? We love praise, and here in Naples we are ready.”
Napoli reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League yesterday, Wednesday, by beating Eintracht Frankfurt in the second leg of the final with a 5-0 aggregate score.
Napoli made history as they reached the quarter-finals for the first time after 9 matches.
