Napoli central defender NIkola Maksimovic spoke to Radio Kiss Kiss Napoli about the current state of affairs at the club: "I owe my rebirth to Ancelotti: the first day we spoke and we understood each other. His mentality? It's fundamental. He brought it to Napoli in the Champions League and you see it. We are having fun even against teams that focus on winning the Champions League. At the draw everyone said it would be very difficult, but now it depends only on us. Koulibaly? He is the best defender in the world. But I must also thank Raul Albiol who has helped me a lot with his experience. We are good defensive line: we know each other well, we know what to do on the field and I am happy to play with them."
"Sarri? He made me grow a lot, he was very attentive to the work of the defenders. Me at Chelsea with him? I am good at Napoli, with my family. I don't speak ill of him but I want to demonstrate my value here. We are -8 from Juventus? Napoli is the best place to win the scudetto, it would be a dream. We are strong and can compete, 8 points is a lot, but we know that with Ancelotti training us we can fight."
