Former Napoli midfielder Ottavio Bianchi sees the weekend clash with Atalanta as a top four playoff.

Bianchi rates La Dea as the favourite going into the game.

He told Tuttosport: "Whoever wins on Saturday between Napoli and Atalanta can still aim for fourth place and enter the Champions League. There are several direct clashes and anything remains possible.

"As long as we get the 3 points on this day. For this reason I expect a good match, played openly from both teams. La Dea is better, but the Azzurri must finish the season well. Napoli cannot be the one seen in the first part of the championship, where they were at a deficit.

"Napoli's was a vertical fall. Usually teams that are not used to winning have always struggled to repeat themselves. Managing success remains much more difficult than getting there. I also experienced it in '88 after the Scudetto won in we didn't manage to do an encore in 1987. Certainly it's one thing to have a decline and to arrive second, third or fourth, it's another to have such a collapse...

"There is no precise cause, there are many variables: too many changes of coaches and the satisfaction of various players with full bellies and concentrated on discussing contract renewals..."