Mauro Meluso Discusses Team's Defensive Challenges and Champions League Hopes

“First match without goals since I've been here. We need to find more defensive solidity, this isn't good enough,” says Mauro Meluso, the only registered member besides Francesco Calzona to speak after Napoli-Atalanta “The chances of going to the Champions have decreased, but we must look forward, improve and try to win the matches. Mathematically we are not condemned, but the chances are minimal. It's not a problem of the defensive line, but of the team. If the pressure is individual and not by the team, it becomes difficult. Today we didn't do it, we need continuity. The defensive phase needs to be organized and especially today we did it too little.” “This year's vicissitudes are known to all. 3 coaches, those who arrived were not helped and would have needed a more straightforward situation. These are the seasons that start in a certain way and we can do nothing about it” Meluso continued to Dazn. No criticism of the protagonists on the field. “Raspadori trains well and gives me guarantees, then he may not do very well. I don't think those who came on did better. He would like to play more centrally, but he adapts very well. Happy with Simeone, but when we change formation we created something but in confusion and we become more vulnerable.”