Napoli, Reina: “Fifteen days ago we were the strongest team in Europe, now we’re bums”

Ahead of tomorrow's Champions League match against Besiktas, Napoli goalkeeper Pepe Reina can't wait to return to the pitch after Saturday's defeat against Roma: "I wanted to play on Sunday. Our desire is to react well, to demonstrate that we're a strong team. Fifteen days ago we were the strongest team in Europe, and now we're bums. We have to recover the certainties that we've always had. We have to play a great game tomorrow and arrive at a good point in the Champions League." Besiktas is in form, one of the few undefeated squads in both the Champions League and their domestic league: "It will be a tough game, they are strong, and got a result in Lisbon: that's not easy. The only thing we can do is play our game. Last year we had to understand what the coach wanted from us, but this year we know what to do and when to do it. At times you lose, but we must react from this to become stronger than before." After being asked a question about Gabbiadini, who wasn't at his best against Roma: "Gabbiadini is a very good player, now the team has to give him a hand, because I'm sure he gives one to us. I believe that Napoli is humble enough to realize that if you don't commit yourselves, you lose. We are confident in what we've done until now, we must remain compact: the basis of our game is to be compact defensively. At the moment, we must take it game by game: today we'll think about Besiktas, but on Thursday we'll focus on Crotone. We've been working for four days to fix the errors we made on Saturday afternoon. We are a top team: in practice, the attackers are not the only ones who put our goalkeepers in difficulty." @GIANMARCalciO