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Victor Osimhen scored his 12th goal in the Italian Serie A on Sunday but Napoli manager Luciano Spalletti believes the Nigerian was not in great shape despite finding the back of the net in the 3-2 Serie A defeat against Fiorentina.
Megasportsarena.com reports that The Partenopei were dealt a major blow in their quest to win Scudetto as the team from Florence deflated their ambitions through goals by Nicolas Gonzalez, Jonathan Ikone, and Arthur Cabral at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.
“Osimhen wasn’t in the best shape today, as he skipped a couple of training sessions. He did well, but could’ve done better in these physical duels with Igor.” Spalletti said.
“Fiorentina play man against man, Milenkovic pushes far up to chase his man and leaves these spaces we could’ve made more of. If you don’t have the quality to dribble your way out of trouble, then you end up with long balls.”
The 63-year-old manager described the slump as a “costly defeat”.
“This is a very costly defeat and in certain ways was undeserved. Fiorentina played their game and earned the win, but we started strong, then tried to play too long and allowed them to take control of midfield.
“When we conceded the second goal, it all became far more difficult. We have to take some of the blame for what happened, but it’s so disappointing because the fans, the attitude of the whole team throughout the week was the right one.”
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