Andrea Pirlo: My Sympathy for Gennaro Gattuso

DBasia.news – Juventus coach, Andrea Pirlo, sympathized with the situation of his friend, Gennaro Gattuso, who was in the hot seat of Napoli’s tactics.

The future of Rino — Gattuso’s greeting — in Napoli is on edge after his team was eliminated by Atalanta in the Coppa Italia semi-finals while failing to defend the title, this middle of the week.

The negative result was the fourth defeat in the last seven matches of I Partenopei across competitions.

Nearby, Napoli will host Juventus in the 22nd giornata of Serie A at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, Sunday (14/2).

Well, this fight is said to be the determination of Gattuso’s fate. If Napoli fail to win, the 43-year-old coach has the potential to be sacked.

“It’s part of our job. But, believe that we always want to do our best,” said Pirlo about Gattuso in the pre-match press conference.

“This is an important match for both teams, so it could be fierce,” said the Italian coach.

“I sympathize with Rino’s situation, but I also have to think about my job. We want to do well and win the match,” he concluded.

Napoli are predicted to have difficulty facing Juve. Understandably, Merih Demiral et al have not conceded in the last three Serie A matches, the longest record since Massimiliano Allegri’s era, who recorded six consecutive non-goals in December 2018.

As for the standings table, Juve ranks third with a collection of 42 points plus one game postponed. La Vecchia Signora is still seven points from Milan at the top. Meanwhile, Napoli are in sixth place with 37 points.