Lavezzi delighted with qualification and proud with new standards of the club
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ezequiel-Lavezzi-c13073, believes that victory against Villarreal represents the new standards of the club.
Napoli beat the Yellow Submarine by 2-0 at the El-Madrigal in the final group stage of this year’s competition and sealed a place in the last 16 round. The Partenopei outfit needed a victory to secure qualification and second half
strikes from Gokhan Inler and Marek Hamsik helped them to achieve their dreams.
Lavezzi, who was one of the most inspirational figures for the Italian side, believes that the win is evidence of the quality his side has transformed in the recent past. The Argentinean added that their main objective was to go
past the group stages but insists that they need to build on the success.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/San-Lorenzo-c40436 star added that his team was placed in the toughest of the groups but they proved to the world that they are one of the best teams around.
While talking to the reporters, Lavezzi said, “The important thing was to get through the group phase. We managed it and this is a crucial victory for everyone. I think today we made the step up in quality as a team. Our group
was incredibly hard and we proved tonight that when we’re in good shape, we are a tough side to beat.”
The 26-year-old admitted that the team did not lose their focus despite struggling to find the back of the net in the first half and came out with different attitude in the second half.
“In the first half we lacked the right character to find the goal, but started the second half with a different attitude.” added the Argentine international
In other game of the Group A, Manchester City beat Bayern Munich 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium but despite that they crashed out of the competition and the Germans topped the group. Napoli finished second in the group stages and will
now await a last 16 round fixture against any of the winners of the group stages.
The draw for the first knockout round will take place in Nyon, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Switzerland-c3016 on December 16th, 2011.
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