Napoli’s Coach Mazzarri and Captain Di Lorenzo’s Press Conference Ahead of Italian Super Cup Final Against Inter

RIYAD (Saudi Arabia) – Press conference for Walter Mazzarricoach of Napoli, e Giovanni Di Lorenzocaptain of the Neapolitan team, in view of the Italian Super Cup final against Inter, scheduled for tomorrow, Monday 22 January, at 8pm.

14:46

The referee of the final

Antonio Rapuano will be the referee of the Italian Super Cup final between Napoli and Inter tomorrow evening. The two linesmen will be Colarossi and Tolfo. The Fourth Man Di Bello. At Var Aleandro Di Paolo, assisted by Aureliano in the role of Avar. The reserve assistant will be Rossi.

14:39

The Super Cup trophy

The Italian Super Cup trophy was handmade by master silversmiths. Produced in 100 silver with platinum white gold finishing, the cup is composed of a 1.2 mm thick brass cup, with eight niches containing laurel leaf branches, and a stand with surface polishing in metal and silver plating galvanic with 24 carat gold plating inside. It is made by Iaco Group of Igino and Alberto Iacovacci, an Italian excellence that for many years has created some of the most prestigious sports trophies in the world.

14:32

Napoli’s training session today

Napoli’s “penultimate training session”, mentioned by Mazzarri in the conference, will take place today at 4pm Italian time, 6pm Riyadh time, on the Al Shabab FC pitch with the first 15 minutes open to the press.

14:25

The press conference ends

Napoli’s press conference for the Super Cup final ended a few minutes ago.

14:22

Mazzarri takes stock of the injured

Mazzarri takes stock of available and unavailable: “Today we will do the penultimate training session because tomorrow we will do a finishing session in the hotel and we will evaluate Demme. Olivera is definitely absent. Cajuste? We’ll get him back, Zielinski is fine from a physical point of view and we’ll check his playing time. Traore has to do a little preparation. Ngonge? I spoke to him for 5 minutes, he is available and I think he is in a good level of preparation. He could be employed, I will understand if this is the case, because he has arrived in a group that he doesn’t know. It will be difficult to see. Lindstrom? The situation is particular, it is not easy to join a team like Napoli which had its very own starters. The boy gave some good answers and I see him as motivated. It still needs to settle in, it takes patience“.

14:19

Best wishes from Osimhen and Anguissa

The word goes back to Di Lorenzo: “Did we talk to Osimhen and Anguissa? Yes, we have the group chat where we talk and wish each other good luck. We heard from them, they are rooting for us and we will play for them too since they won’t be here“. The Napoli captain is then asked how he tells the new arrivals about the excitement of the scudetto: “One immediately tries to get them to settle in, two new guys have arrived plus Mazzocchi who arrived a while ago. We are talking as much as possible to try to get them to settle in as best as possible. On my part, and on all my comrades, there is a desire to do it as soon as possible“.

14:16

Mazzarri and the strength of Inter

Mazzarri speaks: “Inter? I noticed that he had a great team up front with a great coach and we saw an Inter that was overflowing from all points of view. In a championship like this, even the big teams can have declines: we will face Inter at the best possible moment for them. If we were to do well, as we hope, it would give us even more confidence for the rest of the season. I don’t sign for equals. Let’s not forget that I’m coaching kids who are Italian champions, until someone else wins the scudetto. With Inter in the championship we had superior ball possession but we lost 3-0 on the counterattack: we played the game with ball possession and scoring opportunities, they scored three times. Football is a particular subject, which must be interpreted in a certain way. Tomorrow I have strong players: we are lacking in terms of personnel because we have several defections, but in terms of mentality we will compete on equal terms with Inter“.

14:12

Di Lorenzo is targeting Inter

Di Lorenzo again: “Beyond the form, what matters is how you interpret it. On paper it can be seen as a more defensive module, then in practice it leads us to have many players in the offensive phase. We are certainly facing a great team, with an attacking duo that is really good: we will have to be good in defense, but the defensive aspect involves the whole team. We will have to be good in the passive phase at limiting all their characteristics, then once we have recovered the ball to put our qualities into play. We are a strong team. Inter favourites? In a competition final I think it’s wrong to talk about favourites. Two great teams will certainly face each other, who are here because of what they did last season. The championship values ​​are reset. Inter are doing very well, they have great players and I have confidence. I’m sure we’ll be ready, even though we saw a great match against Lazio, but we’ll do our best to bring the trophy home“.

14:08

Mazzarri’s first words

Mazzarri speaks: “Napoli, thanks to last year’s scudetto, is already known throughout the world, and already in my time with their arrival in the Champions League there was a growth path. There are no doubts. In my 23-year career I have competed for this trophy twice, I hope to be able to lift it, but honestly I would still be happy to have reached the final. The team is the most important thing, they must take advantage of it to win the trophy. I’m stimulating them“.

14:04

Di Lorenzo begins

First question for Di Lorenzo on the fact that tomorrow there will be mostly Inter fans in the stands: “We have to focus on what happens on the pitch, not off it. It’s sad that there are few fans who have arrived from Naples, but they will certainly follow us from home and we will try to win this trophy which is important for us, for the club, for all the fans. It’s an important trophy, we’re here to play for it because of what we did last season. Being able to win it could give us even more enthusiasm and self-esteem to face the second part of the season. The team is focused on tomorrow’s match, we will put all our energy into play“.

13:58

It’s time for the press conference

Soon, at 2pm, Mazzarri and Di Lorenzo’s press conference will begin. It is expected to last half an hour maximum.

13:51

The palmares of Mazzarri and Di Lorenzo

Neither Mazzarri nor Di Lorenzo have ever won the Super Cup: the Napoli coach has an Italian Cup in his palmares won with Napoli in 2012 while the captain, in his career, won the 2020 Italian Cup and the 2023 scudetto in the Campania team, in addition to the 2020 European Championships (played in 2021) with Mancini’s national team. On the occasion of the 2014 Super Cup victory, Napoli’s coach was Rafa Benitez (who took over from Mazzarri in 2013) while the captain was Marek Hamsik.

13:39

The victories of Napoli and Inter in the Super Cup

Napoli have won the Italian Super Cup twice, in 1990 and 2014, while Inter have won it on seven occasions, in 1989, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2021 and 2022.

13:34

The legends in the stands

Representing the Lega Serie A tomorrow, on the occasion of the Super Cup final, there will be some former stars of our football in the stands of the Al-Awwal Park Stadium: Vincent Candela, Cristian Brocchi, Fabio Cannavaro, Alessandro Del Piero, Ciro Ferrara, Marco Materazzi, Luca Toni, Christian Vieri and Gianluca Zambrotta.

13:30

The semi-finals of Napoli and Inter

In the first edition of the Italian Super Cup with the final four formula, Napoli beat Lazio 3-0 in the semi-final, thanks to a goal from Simeone and a brace from Zerbin. Same score for Inter, who beat Fiorentina with goals from Thuram, Calhanoglu and Frattesi.

13:25

Inzaghi and Lautaro Martinez have already spoken

Inter have already held the press conference bringing coach Simone Inzaghi and striker Lautaro Martinez in front of the microphones. READ THE NEWS

13:20

Soon the words of Mazzarri and Di Lorenzo

Mazzarri and Di Lorenzo’s press conference will begin at 2pm Italian time, 4pm in Saudi Arabia.

Al-Awwal Park Stadium, Riyad (Arabia Saudita)
2024-01-21 13:39:05
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