Juventus beat Napoli 2-0 at the Allianz Stadium after Napoli were reduced to 10 men when Luca Marianucci received a second yellow card. Speaking to DAZN Italia after the match, Luciano Spalletti called for unity from supporters.
How the match unfolded
Juventus went into the game after a 2-0 defeat to Genoa. During the match, Juan Cabal struck the woodwork and Guglielmo Vicario made a save to deny Lorenzo Lucca.
After Marianucci's dismissal, Juventus scored late long-range goals through Kerim Alajbegovic and Jeremie Boga.
Atmosphere at the Allianz Stadium
Supporters protested outside the Allianz Stadium before kick-off and directed insults at the players from the first whistle.
Spalletti said: "Right now, we must be solid, along with a stadium whose real face is that of the second half, fighting alongside the team."
He added: "You can say Spalletti’s no good, that player’s no good, get rid of everyone, but right now we need to be united, and this stadium must return to being our fortress."
Spalletti praises the squad
He said: "They suffer along with me, they too work from morning till night, I am the first to arrive and the last to leave, but they are usually there with me for most of it."
He said: "However, the credit this evening must go to the team."
He added: "They managed to dig into themselves and find that desire to take the first step, to go forward, think positive, and then they managed it in the second half with a few adjustments. I think tonight they fully deserved the victory, restoring some of the self-esteem in the football they can play."
Confidence and availability
Spalletti said: "All we can do is be by their side, but there are players who genuinely plunge into this spiral and lose confidence in everything they do, even the most normal things."
He added: "When there’s a misplaced simple pass or hesitation in making a decision, which is worse than making the wrong decision, that lack of confidence gets transferred to the rest of the team."
Spalletti also said there were "so few of us available." He said: "Even if we don’t make them that happy, we still need our fans by our side, so we thank all those today who applauded us and stayed with us. This is a moment where we need to hold hands and stand together, try to push forward and be positive, which isn’t easy when there are so few of us available. It was a victory deserved by the players, who deserve a big round of applause."
