After the home defeat to Como, Napoli wanted to react. In the path of the Neapolitans was Inter, the champion team of Italy. Napoli played well, had taken a 2-0 lead, but was overthrown and lost to Inter with an extraordinary ending. After the match, Max Allegri automatically ends up in the dock, because his substitutions did not convince at all. Of course, in the end the Neapolitans missed two clear chances for a goal before conceding 3-2 to Lautaro, but the result remains. The coach from Livorno, after the match, tried to give courage to his players, emphasizing however some mistakes of the team.
"We conceded a very easy goal"
The Napoli coach highlighted several moments of the match, the most important of which was the one that reopened the match. A carelessness allowed Inter to halve the disadvantage: "We conceded a very easy goal, they were good. We thought the ball would end up out of bounds and we stopped. But no, football is like that, we or they could have scored, they scored and won the match".
Allegri sees Napoli's future with confidence
Allegri did not say anything to DAZN about the mistakes at the end of Neres and Anguissa, but emphasized the good performance and looks to the future with confidence, while asking his players to make fewer mistakes: "We have to improve, after facing Inter's start, which always starts strongly, we had favorable situations. When we were 2-0 up, they reopened the game from nowhere. We have to stay calm, because the performance against Como was also good, we have to make fewer mistakes, the physical condition will increase."
Substitutions that cause debate: "Football has no logic"
Allegri's substitutions have caused and will continue to cause much discussion. The coach changed the players and formation for the end of the match, while Inter were at a one-goal disadvantage when Napoli switched to a 3-5-2. He responded to the criticism by saying: "Football has no logic, we should have defended in the area, we conceded a goal in the area, maybe it would have been better to do things differently, we have to accept the result, the boys have to think they played a great game."
If Allegri could go back, he probably would. The change in formation didn't help. What is certain is that Napoli played a good game overall, despite some shortcomings and imperfect substitutions. But it is equally true that Inter have a much stronger squad and, essentially, the substitutions made the difference, with Chivun bringing on, among others, Calhanoglu, Jones and Thuram.
