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Once again, Arsenal was found with a difficult road to the final of the Europa League.
Last season, they met Atletico Madrid in the semifinals and this season they will face Naples in the quarter-finals. The Italians rank in second place in Serie A and have a lot of pedigree with the series winner Carlo Ancelotti at the helm.
The first leg between Arsenal and Napoli in the quarter-finals will be held at the Emirates Stadium on April 11. The return match will take place in Naples seven days later.
The Neapolitan side should welcome star striker Lorenzo Insigne back in time for the match and it seems that the former boss of Chelsea is wary of the shape of his team.
Ancelotti told Sky Sports: "It's an honor that some people think we are the favorites in the Europa League, we have a tough quarter-final, but I know we'll get there if we keep this intensity: it will not be easy against Arsenal "
Napoli beat Roma 4-1 at Stadio Olimpico on Sunday, ahead of Arkadiusz Milik, Dries Mertens, Simone Verdi and Amin Younes. This is the performance of Verdi who was distinguished by the patron of Naples.
He said: "I was expecting this kind of performance from my team, I said yesterday that I saw a good spirit in training despite absences. we did very well, but we were a bit superficial in the first part, I'm using players who did not have much space in the beginning for different reasons.
"I really appreciated Verdi's performance and he improved the quality of his team, he's very good, he showed all his qualities after overcoming the physical problems that limited him, it was a big investment and he started now to give dividends. "
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