Venezia coach Paolo Zanetti had mixed emotions after their 1-1 draw with Empoli.

While happy with Nani's debut, Zanetti lamented their poor start.

"It was a game of two halves," Zanetti told DAZN.

“I was really disappointed by the first half, because it was impossible to get it that wrong in our approach. I cannot understand why we were so completely lacking in aggression and determination.

“We proved after the break that we can do these things when we want to, it's just we seem haunted by something and have to shake those fears off as soon as possible.

“Perhaps some of these players are not accustomed to dealing with a type of match. We always have to be aggressive and I had no warning signs before kick-off that we'd start this way. I have to understand what happened."

Nani created Venezia's goal as soon as he came on in the second-half and Zanetti added: “I hadn't wanted to play Nani, as he hasn't trained for a month, but he's a champion and showed his quality with just a couple of moves. We signed him to increase the quality level and this showed why."