Napoli in need of Feyenoord fillip
Beaten on matchday one, SSC Napoli and Feyenoord accommodate for a initial time in a second turn of Group F matches with conjunction adventurous to trip serve off a pace.
• Napoli went down 2-1 during FC Shakhtar Donetsk initial time out while Feyenoord suffered their heaviest European home better in losing 4-0 opposite Manchester City FC. To get behind on track, a Rotterdam organisation contingency aim for a initial win opposite Italian antithesis given 2002, nonetheless Napoli arguably face an even stiffer challenge: they have never overcome Dutch opponents in 4 prior attempts.Â
Match background
Napoli
• Napoli are in a organisation theatre for a second year in a row. In 2016/17, a Partenopei mislaid to contingent champions Real Madrid CF in a turn of 16, succumbing 3-1 both away and at home.
• Last season’s better by Real Madrid was usually Napoli’s second detriment in their final 22 European home fixtures (W14 D6).
• In final year’s organisation stage, Napoli picked adult 4 points during home, beating SL Benfica 4-2 though losing 3-2 opposite BeÅŸiktaÅŸ JK.
• The Italian side competent for this season’s organisation theatre by saying off OGC Nice 2-0 both home and away in a play-offs.
• Napoli’s home record opposite Dutch antithesis is W0 D1 L1. They drew 0-0 with FC Utrecht in their initial home encounter, in a 2010/11 UEFA Europa League organisation stage, also sketch 3-3 away; the Neapolitans afterwards mislaid both away (0-3) – with Dries Mertens removing a hosts’ second idea – and home (1-3) to PSV Eindhoven during a same theatre of a same foe in 2012/13. Edinson Cavani scored all 4 of their goals opposite Eredivisie clubs.
Feyenoord
• The Dutch team’s altogether record opposite Serie A sides reads W4 D4 L4; divided it is W2 D1 L3.
• Feyenoord have not beaten an Italian opponent, home or away, given a 1-0 success during FC Internazionale Milano in a semi-final initial leg of their jubilant UEFA Cup debate in 2001/02. Their record given is D3 L2.
• A 3-0 feat during R. Standard de Liège in a UEFA Europa League organisation theatre on 12 Dec 2014 is Feyenoord’s usually win in their final 15 European divided games (D3 L11).
• Feyenoord’s final divided feat in a UEFA Champions League, organisation theatre to final, was a 1-0 delight during Newcastle United FC on 24 Sep 2002.
• Having carried a initial Eredivisie pretension in 18 years final term, Feyenoord are now in a final 32 of a UEFA Champions League for a initial time given 2002/03, when they were separated in a initial organisation stage.
• The Rotterdammers mislaid in a third subordinate turn in both 2012/13 (to FC Dynamo Kyiv) and 2014/15 (to Beşiktaş JK).
Coach and actor links
• Dries Mertens played in a Netherlands with AGOVV Appeldorn (2007–09), Utrecht (2009–11) and PSV (2011–13), winning a Dutch Cup with PSV in 2012.
• Mertens faced Feyenoord 9 times in joining and crater (W3 D2 L4), scoring twice.
• Arkadiusz Milik was during AFC Ajax between 2014 and 2016, concealment 32 times in 52 Eredivisie outings, including dual draws with Feyenoord.
• Kevin Diks is on loan during Feyenoord from ACF Fiorentina, for whom his second and many new joining coming was a 3-3 pull with Napoli on 22 Dec 2016.
• Played together:
Pepe Reina Brad Jones (Liverpool FC, 2010–13)
• Feyenoord manager Giovanni outpost Bronckhorst scored in the Netherlands’ 3-0 win opposite Italy in a UEFA EURO 2008 organisation stage.