NAPOLI manager Luciano Spalletti has insisted that Victor Osimhen has room for improvement concerning certain aspects of his game.
The Super Eagles striker is Napoli’s top scorer this season with 10 goals despite missing months due to a head injury and surgery. He led the line on Thursday night as the Italian side drew 1-1 with Barcelona in their UEFA Europa League play-off first leg encounter at Camp Nou.
Although Osimhen played well generally by constantly putting the Barcelona defence under pressure, he was caught offside too often.
”Osimhen gives us these incredible changes of pace,” Spalletti said in his post-match interview.
“He still needs to learn about the right movements, as in the second half he was caught offside four or five times when he really should’ve been following the line. The midfielders also need to draw out an opposition defender to then put the pass through.”
The Italian coach was however satisfied with his team’s overall performance against the Catalan giants who needed Ferran Torres’ second half penalty to cancel out Piotr Zielinski’s first half opener.
He added: “I do see this performance as an improvement, if we can only carry on certain moves and approaches for the whole game. It was the choice of defending deeper that cost us, because that was a choice. When we attacked Barcelona, we caused them a lot of problems.”
