With Napoli's final group stage match against Liverpool just hours away, the partenopei must only get a result in the match to ensure their progression in the Champions League. The club's president Aurelio De Laurentiis spoke ahead of the match: "The feeling around the retreat was very good, this is a great and important match. The Champions League is a unique competition, one which you must suffer through more than the other."
De Laurentiis also noted that should the team fail to advance, it would not be a big drama: "It changes nothing. The big acquisition for me this year is still Ancelotti, and we must give him time. I am happy to have found a partner like I did in film. We've been in Europe for nine years. You know I am always thinking differently about football. We are out at sea, it's our natural element, and for the Neapolitans it's important, we hope it's a good omen. I never look back, that's my philosophy: always think about tomorrow."
