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Italian papers advise Napoli ahead of Liverpool: 'At Anfield 90 minutes last 9 months'

Italian papers advise Napoli ahead of Liverpool: 'At Anfield 90 minutes last 9 months'

Napoli will face Liverpool tonight at the Anfield Road in the decisive Champions League matchup that could guarantee the Partenopei qualification to the last 16 of the competition. Gazzetta dello Sport took stock of the matchup and wrote up several pieces advise to Carlo Ancelotti's team.

"It is one thing to neutralize Salah and Klopp's arrows at the San Paolo, but another to do it at Anfield, where 90 minutes in defence, against an opponent forced to win, lasts for 9 months," they wrote.

"In the lair of the Reds you do not survive, you are condemned to live. For Napoli even a point is enough or even a loss with one goal scored, but the best way to play is to play as if 3 points were necessary. Bravo Ancelotti for reiterating it publicly.

"In terms of experience and charisma, if you have to face the hell of the Kop, there is no better companion than Ancelotti. Not even Virgilio. Insigne and Mertens will not be less important than Koulibaly and Ospina. Playing just thinking about stopping Salah will mean starting from 0-1. As the Neapolitan magistrate would say: 'Start again!'," the paper concluded.