The Napoli players, even though they were a man down, were playing with a relentless intensity.
Coach Chivu walked into the room, his face a mask of calm, focused determination. He didn't yell, he didn't give a long, dramatic speech.
He just looked at us, at the focused, exhausted faces of his team, and he nodded. "Men," he said, his voice a low growl. "I'm not going to give you a long speech. You know what's at stake. You know what we have to do. The goal was offside. It was the right call. We can't change that. We can't change the past. But we can change the future."
He then looked at the entire team, his eyes burning with a fierce, determined fire. "Listen to me! We need to press higher. We need to suffocate them. We need to play with more urgency, more heart! This is our stadium, our city, our chance to get back on top! So go out there and show them what we're made of!"
