Pochesci: “Napoli, we need a charismatic coach”

The former coach of Fondi, Ternana and Carpi Sandro Pochesci spoke live on ‘Calcio Napoli 24 Live’ broadcast on CalcioNapoli24 TV: “Napoli-Roma? If detail makes the difference, who is responsible? It was badly managed on the substitutions and the placement of free kicks, we know how Roma beat them by putting pressure on the near post: I saw a disarmed team and substitutions that I didn’t understand, I never remove an important player like Kvaratskhelia because we they can be restarts. In Coverciano they taught us that you never make substitutions on corner kicks, Napoli dominated Roma in terms of opportunities created, the performance saw Napoli being superior but the Azzurri threw everything away in detail. You can’t make a substitution on a free kick, a player comes out and the others change positions, the coach wanted to add centimeters but he could have made the free kick take and instead he puts in someone who has to explain what to do. Substitutions are not made two minutes from the end on set pieces. Calzona’s work and retirement? It can have an effect, I have adopted it when I see that the group loses attention, but if the coach’s work is not supported by the club and the environment then it is useless to do it: the players are paid to do what the coach says, they cannot think of doing what they want. If one decides to go into retirement, it is because the club accepts the decision: why give footballers power that they don’t have? What do you need on the bench? A charismatic coach, you get someone like Spalletti and like him perhaps there would be Antonio Conte, he is the right coach because Napoli is behind Inter. The real damage was done by president De Laurentiis, who cannot afford to go to the locker room in the 45th minute: it is something that no longer happens even among amateurs, he must choose the right men and must not override roles. He creates the real problems. If Conte arrived and won the scudetto in his first year it would be another miracle.”