EUROPA LEAGUE
Jose Mourinho claims Juventus were not physical enough against Ajax, whereas his Manchester United ‘gave them the game that they didn’t want to have.’
Lorenzo Insigne’s father has denied calling Napoli boss Carlo Ancelotti a ‘flop’ after the Partenopei’s Europa League exit on Thursday evening.
Lorenzo Insigne’s father reportedly stormed out of the Napoli match with Arsenal, calling Coach Carlo Ancelotti “a flop.”
Maurizio Sarri took Chelsea to the Europa League semi-finals and was disappointed Napoli didn’t join him. “Yet I’m considered a Coach who isn’t suited to European competition.”
Kalidou Koulibaly admits “at this level if you don’t take your chances, then you won’t progress” after Napoli crashed out of the Europa League to Arsenal.
Unai Emery was satisfied with the Arsenal defending to keep a rare away clean sheet, beating Napoli 1-0 in the Europa League quarter-final.
Carlo Ancelotti maintains Napoli’s Europa League quarter-final with Arsenal “only lasted 30 minutes” and they can’t be expected to compete with their current revenue.
Arsenal defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos praised his teammates for their defending against Napoli and discussed their ambitions.
Dries Mertens insists Arsenal “aren’t that good and there isn’t a real gap between us,” but the first half performance in London was fatal for Napoli.
Napoli crashed out of the Europa League quarter-final, as an Alexandre Lacazette free kick saw Arsenal defeat the sluggish Partenopei 3-0 on aggregate.
Napoli director Cristiano Giuntoli urged the team to be “aggressive to the right degree, but also calm and not too frenetic” against Arsenal.
Join us for all the build-up and action as it happens from the Europa League quarter-final, as Napoli must overturn a 2-0 deficit against Arsenal.
Lorenzo Insigne and Arkadiusz Milik lead the way for Napoli, while Lucas Torreira and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang can start for Arsenal.
Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis claims they’ve “faced far tougher tests” than Arsenal and notes “Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t help Juventus win the Champions League.”
Kalidou Koulibaly has expressed his desire to win silverware with Napoli and assured that they ‘strongly believe’ in the comeback against Arsenal.
Lorenzo Insigne and Arkadiusz Milik are set to lead the line for Napoli as they look to turn around their Europa League quarter-final against Arsenal.
Unai Emery has dismissed the notion that Arsenal are ahead of Napoli in their Europa League quarter-final, rating Thursday’s second leg ’50-50’.
Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that Jose Callejon will stay at Napoli, describing the winger as a ‘very important’ part of his team.
Napoli Coach Carlo Ancelotti claims there are no conditions for a team like Ajax to emerge in Italian football. “The fans always ask for results.”
Carlo Ancelotti has urged Napoli to take responsibility as ‘the only Italian side left in Europe’ ahead of their Europa League quarter-final against Arsenal.
Napoli forward Jose Callejon says his side are ‘confident’ of turning around their Europa League quarter-final with Arsenal.
Romanian referee Ovidiu Hategan will officiate the Europa League quarter-final between Napoli and Arsenal.
Lucas Torreira’s agent confirms Carlo Ancelotti wanted the midfielder from Sampdoria, but he “already had a verbal agreement with Arsenal.”
Carlo Ancelotti believes the 3-1 win over Chievo will “take weight off” Napoli ahead of the Europa League showdown with Arsenal.
Jose Callejon confirms Napoli had a special team meeting to talk over their issues after the Arsenal defeat. “It was important to look each other in the eye.”
Arsenal have announced that they will investigate a video appearing to show one of their fans racially abusing Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly.
Chelsea’s Jorginho has backed Napoli to turn around their Europa League tie with Arsenal and admitted that facing them in the Final would be a ‘dream’.
Unai Emery maintains Arsenal still have only a “50-50” chance of reaching the Europa League semi-final, even after beating Napoli 2-0.
Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri still has faith Napoli can overturn a 2-0 first leg defeat to Arsenal and reach the Europa League semi-final.
Aaron Ramsey is well aware Arsenal “go into the second leg with a cushion, but Napoli are tough to play against” after the 2-0 first leg win.
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