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Napoli coach Gattuso: We worked too hard to take Europa League lightly

Napoli coach Rino Gattuso says they'll take the Europa League seriously given the efforts made to qualify.

Napoli kickoff their group campaign tonight against AZ Alkmaar.

"We know the sacrifices we made last year to qualify for Europa League. It's an important competition for me, for the staff and for the club. We have to qualify for the next stage," Gattuso said

“I will make three or four changes. When I was the Milan coach I used to change 7-8 players and now I have an idea [about turnover].

“You have to make right choices and not change 9-10 players. We won't do a lot of turnover in every game".

“We do not choose our targets," he continued.

“I will always use the same line-up, we have already lost two players and when they return they will have to recover their best shape."

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