JAKARTA Napoli will undergo the first leg of the Champions League last 16 with a trip to Eintracht Frankfurt headquarters, Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 03.00 WIB.
The visitors were in good form when they visited Deutsche Bank Park Stadium. The Italian representatives currently still control the Italian Serie A standings, the capital that allows them to be confident in going further in this elite European computing competition.
Partenopei strolled into the round of 16 by winning their first five games to finish as winners of Group A. Meanwhile, Eintracht had to fight hard in the final Group D match to win runner-up positions.
Napoli have not only shot up to be at the forefront in Italy this season thanks to a series of stunning performances and the number of goals has continued to grow. However, they also made Europe pay attention to their abilities after going through the first phase of the European Champion League.
Currently Napoli are in the top position of Serie A with a collection of 62 points or 15 points ahead of Inter Milan in second place out of 23 matches. The difference in numbers made the chance to get the first Scudetto since 1990 so open.
With such a safe position in the league, Luciano Spalletti's side can focus on pursuing the opportunity to advance to the Champions League final in Istanbul later. The opportunity is also quite open if you look at their performance in the group stage.
I Partenopei managed to score 20 goals during the group stage, the highest number of any team in that round this season.
In addition, Napoli have won 18 of their last 19 league games. They have only lost once in the league throughout the season, namely from Inter in their first game after the 2022 World Cup break in Qatar.
Having a brilliant performance clearly allowed Napoli to be able to make a surprise in Europe. It is not impossible that they could become the first Italian team to win the European Champions League since Jose Mourinho's Inter-In 2010.
However, Eintracht, who won the Europa League last season, will still be a tough test for Napoli in the third clash for both teams. In the previous two encounters in the UEFA Cup nearly three decades ago, the German representative was recorded as always winning.
In addition, the Eintracht record against the Italian representatives is also very slick. They have only lost twice to 11 matches against Italian teams to date and have not lost since Palermo's beat in 2006.
Estimated Lineup
Eintracht Frankfurt (3-4-2-1): Trapp; Smolcic, N'Dicka, Tuta; Belit, Kamada, Sow, Max; Lindstrom, Gotze; Kolo Muani.
Napoli (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Kim, Rrahmani, Rui; Lobotka, Anguissa, Zielinski; Lozano, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia
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