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Roma coach Eusebio di Francesco frustrated with Napoli defeat

Roma coach Eusebio di Francesco was left frustrated in defeat to Napoli.

A goal from Lorenzo Insigne after 20 minutes was decisive at the Olimpico, but Federico Fazio and Edin Dzeko were denied by the woodwork in the second half.

“I think Napoli did better in the first half, we were more aggressive in the second, I moved the team back to its usual approach and it's a shame we didn't get an equaliser," Di Francesco told Mediaset Premium.

“Whereas Napoli usually have an extremely high possession percentage, it was actually very even tonight and that's quite rare to see. We were only lacking a goal.

“At times games are decided by incidents, but those incidents are part of the game. Admittedly, there is some bad luck when we hit the woodwork six times in our own stadium.

“We had wanted to take a different approach, but games can be won at the end or caught up, as we learned to our cost against Inter."

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