Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis believes the Champions League draw with Real Madrid 'will be historic.'

The 67-year-old also revealed that Coach Maurizio Sarri had predicted that the Partenopei would be drawn against the holders.

"It will be a super tough game," ADL told the Press after the draw. "Sarri had said maybe it will be Real and he’s content with this. We are standing beside him in this challenge.

"First we will play there and then we will give everything at the San Paolo.

Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis believes the Champions League draw with Real Madrid 'will be historic.'

The 67-year-old also revealed that Coach Maurizio Sarri had predicted that the Partenopei would be drawn against the holders.

"It will be a super tough game," ADL told the Press after the draw. "Sarri had said maybe it will be Real and he’s content with this. We are standing beside him in this challenge.

"First we will play there and then we will give everything at the San Paolo.

"I think that will be one of those challenges that will go down in Napoli's football history.

"It’s good to draw Real Madrid from the urn. Now our new purchases are emerging and [Dries] Mertens is proving that he can do well even as a striker. But we don’t let him know it too much!"

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