‘Nobody plays better football’ – Napoli could win Champions League in ‘magical’ season – Inside Europe

You never want to say that anything is guaranteed in football, but it’s looking awfully good for Napoli in the Serie A title race right now. Following the 2-0 win over Atalanta over the weekend the club from Naples are top of the table by a massive 18 points as they go in search of their first title since the legendary Diego Maradona season in 1990. Ad But could they possibly go one stage further? On Wednesday, they will face Eintracht Frankfurt in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 knockout clash, holding a 2-0 lead from the first leg.

Serie ANapoli regain 18-point lead at top of table after beating Atalanta11/03/2023 AT 16:13 There’s an argument to be had that Napoli are the best team in Europe right now based on form and in order to get some more information we got in touch with Simone Eterno from Eurosport Italy. “So impressive. Absolutely outstanding.

Especially if you consider what the expectations were at the beginning of the season.” Eterno says of Napoli’s incredible performances in the 2022-23 season. “Remember that in the summer it seemed that to pretty much everyone that it was an end of an era. Losing Kalidou Koulibaly (Chelsea), Lorenzo Insigne (Toronto FC), and the club’s all-time top-scorer Dries Mertens (Galatasaray) put Napoli in some kind of 'transition' season.