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Napoli coach Spalletti: Osimhen back for Hellas Verona

Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti says Victor Osimhen will be back for their clash with Hellas Verona.

Spalletti admits the plan is for Osimhen to return against Verona with the aim to being fully ready for the Champions League quarterfinal second-leg against AC Milan.

He said, "The conditions are good, we made a meeting with the doctors this morning and it seemed to us the natural consequence of everything that came out of calling him up for tomorrow's match.

"It's clear that the goal is to get him at his best for Tuesday's match, but tomorrow he'll be with us on the bench."

On going to Milan being 1-0 down, Spalletti also said: "It was the debut in the quarterfinals, everyone spoke of team nervousness, I would speak of maturity during the match, of the attitude they had, just the opposite, there is important growth because a team cannot be lucid and at the same time dangerous in 10 against a team used to that level of important matches for the history they have.

"We have had correct attitudes, we now search to put in place those things that have been taken away from us. I also see improvements in personality."

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