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We'll be up against a good team
and the problems they've had recently have been more connected to results than the way they play.
They're in good form and have a lot of very good players.
They used a lot of turnover recently and I expect them to be in good form.
It's a good chance for us to see where we are and we'll be doing everything possible to get a positive result and hopefully to win.
That's what our mentality has always been and always will be but we have a lot of respect for how good Napoli are as a team.
Essien is a great champion.
He's a guarantee in terms of what he can give this team
and he just needs to be given the necessary time to settle in to the team.
They intention at the moment is to grow as a team and improve.
We'll continue to look for results through a very clear strategy,
and a clear conviction of how we want to play the game and what we want to do.
That's our objective and we'll be doing all we can from here to the end of the season.
Balotelli trained like everyone else.
His week's work was done very well and honestly, I think that all the fans in the country respect Mario Balotelli as a player.
Taarabt is here too and he was playing in the premiership before this.
Physically he's in good shape and all the players available to me are potential starters for tomorrow's match.