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Troubled Napoli Staring at Champions League Elimination Against Chelsea
Napoli faces elimination with just eight points from seven matches amid injuries to key players including Vanja Milinkovic-Savic and David Neres, coach Conte urges fan support.
- With a midweek tie looming, Napoli, under Antonio Conte, must beat Chelsea on Wednesday to avoid Champions League elimination, coming after a 3-0 defeat at Juventus.
- Antonio Conte's bid for back-to-back Serie A titles has been hampered by physical problems in his squad from the start of the season, and before today the last match we'd lost was against Udinese .
- Key absences include Kevin De Bruyne out since October after right hamstring surgery, Andre-Frank Anguissa with back problems, Vanja Milinkovic-Savic's hamstring knock, and David Neres undergoing ankle surgery on Monday.
- Given the points total, Napoli must beat Chelsea to reach next month's play-offs, sitting just inside the elimination zone on only eight points from seven matches after last week's 1-1 draw at FC Copenhagen.
- Amid the crisis Conte urged resilience, warning players jeopardise their health playing every three days with limited rotation and called for big support from fans, while new signing Giovane debuted and Antonio Vergara started for Matteo Politano.
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Napoli staring at Champions League elimination
Napoli are on the brink of being eliminated from the Champions League as the troubled Italian club face Chelsea on Wednesday racked by a deep injury crisis and a faltering Serie A title defence. Sat just inside the elimination zone on only eight points from seven matches after last week's miserable 1-1 draw at FC Copenhagen, Napoli must beat Chelsea to scrape a place in next month's play-offs. That will be no easy task with the Blues, Antonio Co…
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Troubled Napoli staring at Champions League elimination against Chelsea
Napoli are on the brink of being eliminated from the Champions League as the troubled Italian club face Chelsea on Wednesday racked by a deep injury crisis and a faltering Serie A title defence.
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