“He’s in another category. He has class, speed, changes of gear, a lot of imagination and a sublime technique. He makes his opponents dance the samba. Napoli takes away from Udine not only the three points, but the certainty of having in the team a tightrope walker capable of shifting the balance”. So the Corriere dello Sport exalts David Nereswith a piece by Pasquale Savione.
“Those who have known David Neres for a long time – he continues – were not surprised by the numbers they saw him do in Friuli, they had already noticed his qualities in Holland (at Ajax) and in Portugal (at Benfica). But in Italy not he had never performed at his level in the championship, he had only had one chance from the first minute, with Lecce, but he was unable to make an impact also due to the difficulties the team had. lunges, serpentines, he was practically uncatchable. All he missed was the goal, it would have been the icing on the cake of a match that could be the turning point of his Italian adventure.”
In closing: “The development of the offensive mechanisms is the key to the team’s definitive leap in quality. In Udine we continued to see the fruits of the work. Di Lorenzo and Olivera are now full-backs in name only, but in fact they are all-rounders who fit in and create superiority. Even the repeated attacks from the depths of the midfield, as well as those from the outside, are a variation on the script that can help resolve tangled matches every week Napoli. If the answers are like those of Neres, everything becomes easier. And the opponents have to dance the samba.”