Napoli follow in the footsteps of Milan and Inter in the quarter-finals of the Champions: Serie A shines again
The Italian clubs succeeded in obtaining the full mark and qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, as the Napoli team, leaders of Calcio, joined the Milanese giants Milan and Inter, after its victory, Wednesday, over Frankfurt, Germany, 3-0.
Napoli renewed its victory over the German team, after returning successfully from Germany after its 2-0 victory, he was able to confirm this result after his Nigerian player Victor Osimhen scored since the first half, and returned to add the second goal at the beginning of the second half, while the Polish Zilensky added the third goal of Penalty.
With the qualification of Napoli, the Italian teams will be the most represented in the quarter-finals, as the next round will witness the presence of two teams from England, Manchester City and Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Benfica, and Real Madrid, while the Italian teams did not accept any goal in this round between home and away.
Equation of achievement 2002-2003
For the first time in a year, three Italian clubs managed to reach this round of the tournament, as the last occasion was in a year when clubs qualified Milan, Inter and Juventus reached this round, before they later secured qualification for the semi-finals as well, and the final was Italian with the qualification of Juventus and Milan, who won the title thanks to penalty kicks, and the Italian teams will try in the next round to repeat this achievement, although the task will be more difficult.
Final comeback or lightning success?
The arrival of three Italian clubs to this round of the tournament is considered an important achievement, as they were not candidates for advancement in the competition, but in the end, the Calcio clubs succeeded in writing a new page of brilliance, and it is difficult to confirm that these results indicate the return of Italian teams with European strength.
These clubs qualified at the expense of teams that did not compete for the title, after Milan defeated Tottenham and Inter defeated Porto and Napoli defeated Eintracht Frankfurt, and they are clubs that cannot be compared to Bayern Munich or Manchester City, especially Real Madrid, the first candidate to win the title.