Napoli and Eintracht Frankfurt face off in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 (REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach)

And Naples who is become the sensation club of this season in Italy seeks to replicate its local success at European level and receives this Wednesday at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium Al Eintracht Frankfurt in the second leg of the round of 16 UEFA Champions League, with the illusion of liquidating the series after winning 2-0 in Germany. The match will start at 5:00 p.m. Argentinian time and will be broadcast by ESPN.

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The Neapolitan team is counting the days to celebrate the conquest of its first title of the a league in more than three decades, but its great yields have also led it to be the surprise of a Champions in which he could reach the quarter-finals for the first time.

Naples proclaimed his return to the Champions League with a win on his debut by 4-1 Before liverpoolvice-champion of the last edition, and since then he hasn’t let his guard down: he finished at the top of his group after winning five times, scoring 20 goals and donning only six. Meanwhile, they are the rulers of the a league this season, with an advantage of 18 dots from the top and with 12 games to go.

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The team of Luciano Spalletti they have recorded two wins and one loss since the first leg against Frankfurt late last month. This weekend was imposed by 2-0 Al Atalanta with a goal converted by Khvisha KvaratskheliaGeorgian forward 22 years old which nobody had many credentials but he became one of the best footballers on the continent and earned the nickname of “Kvaradona”.

For its part, Eagles of Frankfurt want to improve the image they left in the first leg, where Kevin Trapp saved a penalty in the first half and then his star Randal Color received a red card, which led them to succumb in the financial capital of Germany.

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The team led by Olivier Glasnerwho surely has the offensive contribution of the Colombian Rafael Santos Borre From the beginning, he has the difficult task because he will have to overthrow an opposing series against one of the great revelations of the continent. The feat is all the more difficult when you know that they have not won since the first leg: they recorded a defeat and two draws in Bundesligaand they come from the drawing 1-1 before stuttgart last weekend.

Probable formations:

Napoli: Alex Meret – Di Lorenzo (c), Kim, Rrahmani, Olivera – Zielinski, Lobotka, Anguissa – Elmas, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia. DT: Luciano Spalletti

Frankfurt: Kevin Trapp – Dark, Makoto Hasebe, Ndicka – Buta, Sebastian Rode (c), Sow, Max – Friend, Mario Gotze – Santos Borre. DT: Olivier Glasner

Stadium : Diego Armando Maradona Stadium

Arbitrator: Anthony Taylor

Hour: 9:00 p.m. CET / 20:00 GMT

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4:00 p.m. Bolivia and Venezuela

15:00 Colombia, Peru, Ecuador

2:00 p.m. Mexico City

TV: ESPN

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