Napoli coach Spalletti on verge of biggest moment of career

Luciano Spalletti spent several years working as a coach in Udine and its in the same northern Italian city where he is now poised to reach his crowning achievement with NapoliNapoli plays at Udinese on Thursday needing only one point to end its lengthy wait for the Serie A title The team could even secure the scudetto on Wednesday if Lazio fails to beat SassuoloSpallettis innovative style first showed promise when he was coach of Udinese nearly two decades ago He led the provincial club to a fourthplace finish and a spot in the Champions LeagueAlso ReadArsenal says fan arrested for shining laser at Mudryks faceIm very close to a lot of people in Udine Spalletti said WednesdayPeople say that I have a difficult character but that clashes with the fact that I have spent a long time on the bench of few teamsIts difficult to find someone else who has spent most of his career with only four or five teamsDespite later coaching teams such as Inter Milan and Roma the 64yearold Spalletti has been waiting a lifetime for the Italian league title He won Italian Cup titles with Roma in 2007 and 2008 and then Russian league trophies with Zenit St Petersburg in 2010 and 2012Napoli hasnt won the league since Diego Maradona led the team to its only two Serie A titles in 1987 and 1990The southern team had a chance to secure the championship at home on Sunday but Salernitana scored a late equalizer in a 11 draw to put Napolis celebrations on holdSeeing our fans disappointed mortified us Spalletti said Seeing the stadium like that made us understand what we are on the verge of accomplishing its what Ive dreamed of since I came here I imagined a stadium like this with scarves flags children all in the Napoli colors It should be a party for allNapoli has won only three Italian Cups in the 33 years since its last league title And Spalletti hopes clinching the Serie A title this season will start a winning cycle for the club which also reached the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time in its history this yearI have a team of thoroughbreds and Im happy that in a short time the guys have shown all their qualities and their characteriquest Spalletti said I see the potential for the future then of course it depends also on the transfer market on the things we can manage to doBut in front of my eyes apart from the sunshine I have a great squad which has good future prospects and can give a continuation to these resultsIf Napoli fails to get the result it needs at Udine it will have five more chances to secure the one point it needs to mathematically seal the title regardless of how secondplace Lazio performsCo stamm trezzianno chianu chianu Spalletti said in Neapolitan dialect meaning Were relishing it slowly slowlyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever