Red Bull Salzburg boss Marco Rose says his side ‘needed’ to be drawn Napoli in the Europa League last 16. “Our objective is to keep improving.”

Napoli host Salzburg in the first leg on March 7, and Rose is excited about the opportunity of adding to last season’s scalp against Lazio.

“We’re enthusiastic about the draw,” the Coach told his club’s official website.

Red Bull Salzburg boss Marco Rose says his side ‘needed’ to be drawn Napoli in the Europa League last 16. “Our objective is to keep improving.”

Napoli host Salzburg in the first leg on March 7, and Rose is excited about the opportunity of adding to last season’s scalp against Lazio.

“We’re enthusiastic about the draw,” the Coach told his club’s official website.

“We’ll face a great team. Napoli have been at the top of the Italian League in recent years and we can’t wait to face them in the Europa League.

“Our objective is to keep growing, and to do that we need challenges like these. It’s special for us to have similar opponents and we all feel these will be two very important games ".

Sporting director Christoph Freund added: “It’ll be an important and exciting challenge with Napoli.

“I think it’s a very interesting tie, I’m convinced it’ll be a sell-out and therefore we’ll have the support of our fans.

“We’re certainly capable of going through.”

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