Spalletti positive about their match against Barcelona

is going to face

in the Europa League and their boss sees it as a chance for his men to show a dream performance.

“These are dream matches, you have to enjoy them and test yourself to see your character and reaching the top level of football. That is what we are trying to do.

“If we start thinking about the history of this club and stadium, there is the risk of getting intimidated. So it’s better to focus on ourselves and the football we have already shown.”

Napoli's boss has also given an update on Nigeria international Osimhen, who has missed their most recent training session.

“It is not a muscular problem, he just had a slightly swollen knee yesterday, so as a precaution we decided to rest him and will evaluate his condition tomorrow morning. He finished yesterday’s training session without problems,”

assured the coach in a press conference

.

And about facing Xavi as Barcelona’s head coach, he added that the Spaniard was a good player and now he is a good manager so facing him can’t be easy.

“Xavi was already a real football connoisseur as a player, so naturally he will be as a coach too,”

explained Spalletti

.

“They also brought in more unpredictable players in January who can change a game by themselves.”

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