The scoreboard did not move during the first 45 minutes in Anoeta. Real and Napoli tied at 0 in a duel in which, after a first quarter of an hour in which the Italian team generated danger, especially with an arrival from the left of Mario
Rui that stung before Remiro so that the ball left near the post, the txuri urdin took control of the game. Without actually activating their dynamic, overwhelming game of other nights, those of Imanol
Sheriff settled in the rival field, regularly approaching the area of Ospina.
Mikel
Merino had the clearest at 23 minutes of play. The Navarrese finished off a center of Gorosabel, culminating a good team move. The big head went outside. In the rear, in which Sagnan, holder due to inconvenience of Aritz During the warm-up, they had no problems deactivating a Naples that, in the last half hour of the first half, dedicated itself to closing spaces and waiting for their opportunity to go against it. Insigne's injury was the worst news for Gennaro
Gattuso.