Napoli's Algerian defender praises their coach Gattuso

The Algeria international has appeared in six fixtures of the 2020-21 season but he is satisfied with the coach's decisions and also eager to compete in

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In spite of his limited playing time under

Gattuso

, the 29-year-old has lauded the new head manager for fixing a mentally broken' Napoli squad. 

"We were mentally broken, what a job Gattuso has done,” Ghoulam told Radio Kiss Kiss Napoli. “He’s offering fun football, very attacking.

“Mentally we were in pieces and he made us feel good. We had to interpret the matches better, score points and move forward.

“Gattuso did a great job.”

Ghoulam recollects the years under

Maurizio Sarri

and said the foremost 'difference' has been the absence of 'continuity' however focused on the Neapolitans 'talk too much about' the time with Sarri.

“The differences between Sarri’s years and now, is that we had much more continuity. Everything passes through matches like the one on Sunday, useful for gaining confidence.

“We know what the coach wants from us. The team is large, we have many quality players. We must carry out our task, move forward in all competitions and we will see what happes.

“We talk too much about the Sarri years, they have passed, we must move on.”

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