In his editorial piece for Corrieire della Sera, Italian football analyst Mario Sconcerti discusses the elimination from the Champions League of both Inter and Napoli: “In my opinion, Napoli will have more regrets about their elimination than Inter. Ancelotti’s men only lost one match, whilst they were eliminated by Liverpool who lost three times.”
“Inter, on the other hand, never reached their peak in the Champions League. They went in believing that their final game against PSV would be like a training drill. In reality, it was not like that. It was a poor match that lacked the passion and soul we have previously seen, and in the end the club was sunk by Lucas’ late goal against Barcelona.”
“In the end, Italian football is faced with a double elimination – a heavy return to the dark days past. Our small army is already halved. In Napoli there would be a great sense of regret while, for Inter, the matches against Barcelona and Tottenham confirmed the limitations of the current squad. And then there was the predictable result against PSV…”
