The Naples mortgage the transition to the quarterfinals, trimming three goals in Salzburg. However, the result is not deceived because the Austrians have created more than one scoring opportunity, but their ambitions have been rejected by a great Meret, especially in the last half hour. Meanwhile, Arek Milik has found the first European goal of the season and Fabian Ruiz has added another precious pearl to his technical repertoire: shooting, for the second goal, it was quite a sight.

FIRST TIME MILIK - Lorenzo Insigne is not there in the initial eleventh. Ancelotti prefers Dries Mertens who plays alongside Milik, in attack. On the left, instead, comes Mario Rui, after the muscular injury suffered in Florence. In short, no turnover, at least in the main roles. The midfield, for example, is the holder to demonstrate how much the coach wants to avoid unexpected surprises. And in fact, Salzburg can only be seen in the opening minutes, when Meret commits twice, with Wolf (5 ') and Dabbur (6'): the goalkeeper blocks without any particular problems. Two minutes just then, then, Naples becomes the owner of the field and at 10 'is also the first goal. Mertens' play is clever and he finds the right corridor to exalt Milik: the Polish forward dribbles Walke and puts the ball in the net for the Neapolitan advantage. For him, the first European goal this season.

FABIAN THE ARTIST - From his own half of the field up, the Salzburg is also pleasant to see, administer the ball well and try a few thrusts. Samassekou took advantage of an error by Maksimovic (17 ') to equalize, but the goal was canceled by offside by the same median. A small parenthesis in the Neapolitan domain that takes place in the 18th century. Mario Rui stretches to the left to intercept the launch of Koulibaly. The Portuguese forward cross was spun from Onguéné and the ball went right to Callejon: the touch of Spanish for Fabian Ruiz's volley was delightful. So, just 20 minutes, and Napoli is already ahead of two goals. The only negative note of the first half is the admonition remedied by Koulibaly who, suspicious, will miss the return match.

FINAL TIMES - The recovery opens with a great parade of Meret on Dabbur (2 ') and will not be the only one of the evening, because it is thanks to the goalkeeper that Napoli manages to keep inviolate his door. Immediately after Onguéné's (13 ') self, in fact, Salzburg lifted the center of gravity and started to press putting Koulibaly and his team in trouble. Maksimovic, too many offenses, is warned and he too, like the Senegalese, will have to skip the return to Salzburg, because he is suspicious. The final is heart-pounding, with Napoli closed in their own half to defend the result and Meret to reject the claims of the Austrians.