Josep Guardiola is considered by many to be the best strategist in the world, despite the fact that he has never won the Champions League since leaving Barcelona, and Luciano Spalletti, mastermind of ‘Chucky’ Lozano in Naples is part of the group of admirers of the Catalan, for which stood up to talk about him at a press conference.
Spalletti has gained fame in the last year for the way he has made Napoli play, a team that is about to be crowned for the first time in Serie A since the time of Diego Armando Maradonaand in the Champions League it has gained followers, among them Guardiola, who after the draw for the Quarterfinals praised the Neapolitan team, a situation that Spalletti took almost as an offense at the time.
Spalletti stands up to pull Guardiola
Prior to the match between Napoli and Milan, in the first leg of the Champions League Quarterfinals, the helmsman was questioned about the conflict with Pep Guardiola after those statements and it is that Napoli and Manchester City could clash in the final.
Spelleti apologized for his earlier statements and literally stood up to talk about Guardiola, whom he considered one of the greatest influences today and he made eyes at him when he proposed that they have a Turkish coffee, referring to the possibility of seeing their faces in Istanbul, Turkey, site of the 2023 final.
“If my words were not understood, I apologize. When I talk about Guardiola, I have to get up. He is one of the coaches I look up to constantly. If my words did not have the desired effect, I apologize because I am pleased that someone like him speaks well of Napoli. It would take me days to talk about his teams and I would speak well of them. I hope to be able to chat with him about all this, perhaps over a good Turkish coffee”, indicated the Italian.
What had happened before between Spalletti and Guardiola?
After the draw for the Champions League Quarterfinals, and Guardiola’s praise for Napoli in Spalletti, whom he considered the main candidate for the titlethe Italian strategist reacted bravo by indicating that the praise was really a strategy to put pressure on his team.
“He wants to put pressure, How can you put Manchester City ahead of us, who spend 900 million while we spend nine?”, he said on that occasion.
Pep was questioned again about Spalletti’s Napoli before beating Bayern Munich in the first leg, and the Catalan preferred to be cautious. “I don’t want to talk about Napoli because Spalletti would get angry with me, he’s very sensitive”he said jokingly. Will they see each other in the Champions League final?
