Europa League: Nap vs Ars - 'Play with courage and intelligence', forget about 'first leg' - Emery to players

Arsenal FC Manager Unai Emery - Getty

Arsenal Manager Unai Emery, feels shaky that Arsenal are in for one of the longest nights of their lives against Napoli.


Emery has warned his players to be brave.

The Spanish Boss is of the belief that his side are ready for it as they look to protect a 2-0 lead from the first leg and move on into the Semi-Finals of the tournament.

Emery said: “We must play with courage and also intelligence. We know 90 minutes here can be long. But we want to play without thinking about the first leg.

“We know it’s going to be a different match.

"They have a lot of players with a big quality to push against us and give us a lot of problems but we also have the players to fight against them with our quality.”

Napoli, UEFA Cup winners way back in the days of Diego Maradona in 1989, are unbeaten at home in Europe this season.

They have won four games and drawn the other in this famous stadium, Stadio San Paolo.