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Spezia Calcio face SSC Napoli on Wednesday (2:45 p.m. ET, Paramount+) looking for their first win in six Serie A outings against Luciano Spalletti’s title contenders with Emmanuel Gyasi hoping to end 2021 on a positive note as the Aquilotti look to defy the odds by staying in the Italian top flight again this season.
“Every player must be motivated because when you play, you dream to feature in these big games and at this level,” the Italy-born Ghana international told CBS Sports exclusively. “Napoli, Juve, Milan — all big teams. For us, it is big motivation to play at Stadio Diego Armando Mardona’s. It is a very big game for us.
“We started a new project with young players,” said Gyasi, whose club is under American control after U.S. investor Robert Platek completed the takeover of the club back in February. “The president and the club are ambitious — we all are. We are a young squad trying to build day by day. Some results have been difficult. I think that the future is ours. We must continue working to build a brighter future.”
Spezia’s squad is constructed around talented young prospects rather than veterans, as is often the case in Italy, and Gyasi is one of the elder statesmen of Thiago Motta’s group with just three players older than his 27 years of age.
“The ambition to try to build up youngsters is good,” said the Torino youth academy graduate. “At this club and in our team, our players have years ahead to learn and improve. To do it at a club like Spezia is a big opportunity for them to build their careers. As one of the older ones, we try to let the youngsters understand how this is special to us. Proving ourselves in the top division is not easy.”
Former Brazil-born Italy international Motta is now leading the team after a difficult and short-lived first foray into senior coaching with Genoa CFC back in 2019 and the ex-Paris Saint-Germain, Inter Milan and Barcelona man…
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