Gennaro Gattuso Taunts Granada’s Style of Play

DBasia.news – Napoli coach, Gennaro Gattuso, teased Granada for eliminating his team from the Europa League by playing negative football.

Napoli face Granada in the 2020-2021 Europa League last 32 second leg match at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, Thursday (25/2/2021) local time.

As a result, Napoli beat Granada with a score of 2-1. Although I Partenopei won, it was Granada who had the right to advance to the next phase.

This is because Granada won 3-2 on aggregate after winning 2-0 in the first leg. In the duel against Granada, Napoli appeared more dominant by holding the ball possession by 66 percent.

In terms of opportunities, Napoli made 22 shots with 7 directed at the goal. As for Granada recorded 6 opportunities, 2 of which went right on target.

Two Napoli goals were packed by Piotr Zielinski (3rd minute) and Fabian Ruiz (59′), while El Grana’s goal was scored by Angel Montoro (25′).

After the match, Gennaro Gattuso admitted that he was annoyed with the result. Gattuso teased Granada’s negative football game for wasting time throughout the match.

According to Gattuso, Napoli deserved more to qualify because they played a better game in the two legs.

“If the Italian team dares to do what Granada did today by wasting time, then we will be on all front pages of the media,” said Gattuso as quoted by BolaSport.com from Sky Sport Italia.

“We conceded another absurd goal today after a bounce shot.”

“We have to have pride and regret because even in two games we showed something more than them.”

“Those who represent Italian football must make our presence more pronounced because over the last few days I have seen some extraordinary things on the pitch,” added the former AC Milan midfielder.