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De Laurentiis calls draw a victory	Thursday 29 October, 2009

Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis says his side's last gasp 2-2 draw at home to Milan last night felt like a victory. The Partenopei scored two goals in injury time to grab a deserved point that preserves Walter Mazzarri's unbeaten start to life at the club. Asked if he felt lucky that the referee afforded Napoli so much added time, De Laurentiis replied: “What do you want me to say? The lads won it. The fans won it. “If the players lost three kilos playing, then I lost five. But for me this draw is worth a victory because it said so many things. “All the players were very good, even Luca Cigarini and German Denis, the goalscorers. They sacrificed themselves and now await the next game. “I would say that Napoli have been very good. We showed character, but also demonstrated that we know how to play football. And we did it against a great team that castigated us twice in five minutes on two uncertainties. “We reacted and created six or seven chances, and found an immense Dida. If I have to find fault with the team then I end up looking even more pedantic than I am made out to be even though I am not. But it's true that we create a lot and score a smaller percentage,” De Laurentiis concluded. Napoli are back in action on Saturday when they face Juventus who thumped Sampdoria 5-1 last night.

Wk10: Milan held in San Paolo thriller Napoli scored twice in stoppages for a 2-2 draw with Milan, while Fiorentina fell at Genoa and Roma lost in Udine. Reports