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Unfortunately, Napoli for now, couldn't perform well in the Europa League, they only got 1 point from 2 matches. Maybe Napoli are not targeting UEL, and prefer to more focus on doing their best in Serie A to keep their chances of staying in 1st place at least until mid season. In the winter transfer market, they will probably focus on increasing their defence strength in order to stay consistent until they get Scudetto.
Napoli have played perfectly in Serie A, played 8 times and won 8 wins. But indeed, when Napoli played in the Europa League like a different team,
they struggled to win. Maybe winning the Europa League is not Napoli's main target. After all, the depth of Napoli's squad is not as good as other
big teams in Serie A. So Napoli have to choose between the Serie A and Europa League competitions, to be able to play well in the two competitions,
Napoli must bring in more players. It is likely that when the transfer window opens, Napoli will bring in at least two new players. Not only the defense
that must be strengthened, Napoli also need to strengthen their midfield. I think Napoli need to bring in a midfielder who is creative, can provide
more assists for Napoli's forwards.
Yes, that's right, it looks very clear the difference in Napoli performance in Serie A with their performance in European competition at this time, even though if we look at the quality of the Napoli squad and the squads of other teams in Group C it is not too much different and maybe only Leicester have the quality squad above napoli, I don't know what caused that to happen, but if indeed they are only targeting the Scudetto this season, why do they continue to field the main squad when competing in European leagues?
Could Napoli have European stage fright right now?
This is what makes me a little confused too, they fielded the first squad when they played in the Europa League, but they were very difficult to win.
If facing Leicester ends in a draw I can understand, because Leicester have quite good quality players. But losing against Spartak is
a little incomprehensible, because after all the squad that Napoli has is much better than Spartak. Maybe your guess is right, Napoli experienced
stage fright when playing in the Europa League. We can see how Napoli play when they face Legia in the Europa League, if Napoli still doesn't win
by fielding the main squad, looks like Napoli has stage fright. If Napoli lose to Legia, Napoli's chances of qualifying for the next round will also be lost.