A great first part of the league for Kalidou Koulibaly with Napoli as he's scored 4 goals and started to get compared more and more with Thuram: "I like that comparison a lot, he's been a great defender and has done very well in Italy - has he said to La Gazzetta dello Sport -. I've had some problems, with Benitez I had to sit on the bench and that moment has been very important to me: I worked a lot on me and looking from the outside, I've understood a lot, also tactically. I had to show that I could be one of the strongest defenders in Serie A. When Sarri arrived he told me "Listen to me and you'll become a champion". He's given me trust in a moment where things didn't go so well".
Sarri's team is now looking to the top and the Scudetto: "We'll do everything we can to keep Juve behind us, but Roma and Inter aren't out of the race yet. Even if the true "anti-Napoli" team is Atalanta! We always have difficulties facing them. We deserve the first spot in the league and show that you can win playing a spectacular football. But I'd also want to win the Europa League".
The most difficult forward to mark: "I'd say Icardi and Dzeko but the one that gives me a really hard time is Kalinic, who's always playing right at the offside limit. I wouldn't face the Napoli strikers though: Callejon, Mertens and Insigne are real champions".
About the city of Naples: "I've been here for three and a half years, I don't know the city's dynamics well. The financial difficulties and the prospective of not having a future may push the weakest to let go. It's only my idea though. I hope things change. I grew up in a difficult neighborhood, you had to suffer to get something. I must thank my father for what he's done for me, I've found the solutions to my problems studying. If I weren't a footballer, I'd be an insurer".
