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Napoli boss Mazzarri banking on experience from opening Man City encounter

Napoli manager Walter Mazzarri hopes his players can harness the performance they produced in their opening Champions League match this season.

The Italian outfit were unlucky to be held to a 1-1 draw by the high-flying Manchester City in September and ahead of tomorrow night's return meeting in Naples, Mazzarri feels that experience can help them record the victory they need to keep their qualification hopes alive.

"We're not making any calculations but we must interpret the game in the best way. That doesn't mean that to attack and to win we have to unbalance ourselves as has happened sometimes in the past," he said.

"We're playing Manchester (City) with the knowledge that in the first match, especially in the second half, we played a great match against top drawer opposition.

"We have to refer to that second half and do even more because we know that we're playing a team with world class players.

"We have the advantage that we've already played them, although they have improved in terms of results.

"They're going through a particularly positive spell but we know what to do and I think if we pay attention to everything we can hurt a team like Manchester."

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