Garcia: ‘Napoli lack determination, change of plan for Natan’

Rudi Garcia sees a ‘lack of dedication’ from Napoli of their 2-2 draw with Genoa, admitting he ‘anticipated’ a greater response to their Lazio defeat, but in addition reveals a change of plan for Natan.

It has been a shaky begin to the season for Garcia, who was drafted in to switch Scudetto-winner Luciano Spalletti.

After a gap two wins, they had been crushed 2-1 at residence by Maurizio Sarri’s Lazio and tonight needed to combat again from 2-0 right down to scrape a degree with newly-promoted Genoa at Marassi.

They had been two substitutes who discovered the web, Giacomo Raspadori with a ferocious strike and the Matteo Politano volley on a Piotr Zielinski floated go.

It’s the third time in 4 Serie A video games beneath Garcia that Napoli conceded the opening aim.

“We all know that we didn’t play properly, particularly within the first half, as we didn’t create a lot. We additionally conceded two targets from nook conditions and that too displays an absence of dedication,” Garcia informed Sky Sport Italia.

“There was a foul on Frank Zambo and in addition handball on the Matias Olivera cross, however the draw was not right down to these incidents. We had been merely not decided sufficient.

“For nearly an hour, we didn’t play properly, however at the very least we had a response and the sunshine got here from the bench, but it surely stays two misplaced factors slightly than one gained.

“We noticed right now PSG misplaced, Bayern Munich struggled too, so it’s powerful after a break for worldwide obligation and earlier than a Champions League recreation.”

A few of Garcia’s substitutions had been shocking and he appeared to adapt to a 4-4-1-1 formation with Raspadori behind Victor Osimhen.

“I at all times stated we must always have extra choices accessible to us, so utilizing Raspadori behind Osimhen is certainly one of them. Raspadori participated in all 4 video games this season, he began two of them and was unfortunate to not rating extra targets, as one was disallowed by a matter of millimetres.

“Raspadori can play as a centre-forward, as a trequartista the best way he did tonight, out broad in a trident or in any midfield function too. He’s versatile and that’s at all times precious for a coach.”

Napoli must get themselves again in form shortly, as a result of on Wednesday they play within the Champions League group section opener away to SC Braga.

“The Champions League can’t be an goal, however it may be an ambition. In Serie A, we had been coming off a house defeat and I anticipated my staff to be extra of a protagonist tonight. I hope we be taught from this that we should play at 100 per cent from the primary minute to the final, not simply present character when reacting to a state of affairs.

“I hope we don’t want three targets to win each recreation, so we should additionally grow to be extra strong in defence.”

Natan was rumoured to be beginning in defence, however Amir Rrahmani returned from worldwide obligation with an damage.

“That was the unique plan, however we couldn’t danger Rrahmani and subsequently I couldn’t change two of the again 4. Leo Ostigard did properly and is extra accustomed to enjoying in that system. Natan will get his probability in future, it’s simply postponed.”

Napoli at the moment are man-marking on set performs slightly than zonal marking, so is that affecting the 2 targets conceded from set performs?

“Not this time, as a result of we made the error on the cross. My two males doing zonal marking weren’t in a great place after which we lacked the opposite marker as a result of he was fouled. On the second aim, we had been a bit of passive and that confirmed the overall lack of dedication all through. We solely awakened after we had been 2-0 down and with the substitutes.

“Talking of which, I favored the affect of Cajuste in midfield, we would have liked that.”

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