Napoli fails in the task of passing the first round of the Champions League and fails the opportunity to keep intact the Italian contingent engaged in the maximum European competition. In Rotterdam he won the Feyenoord for 2-1 a race that had a great start thanks to the immediate advantage of Zielinski at the 2º minute of the first half. Then the match of Naples is played more than anything at a distance, that is to say in Ukraine where the group leaders, the Manchester City that until yesterday evening had obtained 5 wins on 5, suffering only 3 total networks, manages to lose against the Shakhtar for 2-1 delivering on a silver platter the qualification for the Ukrainians to the detriment of Napoli that "recedes" in the Europa League, where it reaches Lazio, Atalanta and Milan.
This is the comment given to Mediaset Premium by the Napoli coach, Sarri at the end of the match played in the Netherlands:
“We let ourselves be influenced by the news that came from Ukraine and this, in terms of mentality, was a mistake. We still have to grow from certain points of view, especially mentally. Did we expect City defeat? In this competition, anything can happen: they already had the qualification in their pocket and were three days before the Manchester derby. Now I don't think about the Europa League, it will arrive in two or three months, but it will certainly be a competition that we will have to take seriously: we will honor it to the end. First we have to think about finishing the year in the league: at this moment we have some offensive problems, we no longer see certain movements and this must make us think. If the movement without the ball becomes slower the speed of circulation also decreases, the owner of the ball has fewer options and the development is more gentle. This defeat must not take away our certainties, at most our certainties can be undermined by the fact that we have stopped doing the things that we used to regularly before: I think it's just a moment, but it is certainly to be considered. We have to work to solve these problems. "
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