SSC Napoli vs Real Madrid CF: Match preview, team info and lineups – SofaScore (blog)

The Partenopei will face Real Madrid at San Paolo on Tuesday night in Champions League round of 16 second leg.

Napoli are expecting an outstanding Championship League clash after they collected an important victory 2-1 (Mertens netted twice) against AS Roma at Olympico. Sarris squad hope to break their negative run Napoli have been eliminated every time they have lost the first leg of a Round 16 tie in European competitions, but on the other hand they have lost only one (Besiktas 2-3) of their ten home Champions League matches (W7, D2).

Napolis captain Marek Hamsik noticed that match against Real Madrid is a huge game and the whole town has been waiting for this moment, the fans will give them great support and theyjust need to enjoy the moment because we are facing a great team with a squad full of champions. Sarri stressed that he is sure about their chances in attack and their chances to qualify may be small for them, but they have to try everything.

One of the Sarris surprises against Real Madrid could be Marko Rog, who played an impressive match against Roma and demonstrated his incredible energy he ran 13.11 km (more than any other player). His role could be crucial in midfield to overcome Real Madrids play-maker Luka Modric. Now he is contention to play, we will see his condition ahead of the game. But this time the line between starting the game and watching it from the stands or the bench is very thin for everybody. referred Sarri about Rog status

Title holder Real Madrid came to Naples tocontinue their Champions League streak They have progressed from each of their last eight Champions League ties in the Last 16 or beyond when theyve won the first leg.

Zidane talked about changing their playing system and said: Even when we change our playing system, we never have to change our mentality. It does not change much if you play with two or three attackers, the attitude must always be the same. He also added: We will take the pitch to win the game as we always do. Im sure we will have to suffer tomorrow but we are ready for it. The Champions League is always an extraordinary motivation.

Karim Benzema has scored in each of his last four CL matches, but he has never scored in five consecutive matches in CL competition.

Venue: San Paolo, Naples

Referee:Cuneyt Cakir, Turkey

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