Victor Osimhen and his Napoli teammates has been urged by manager Gennaro Gattuso to take the fight to Real Sociedad in Thursday’s Europa League game.

Osimhen and his teammates will hope to get their first win in this season Europa League game against Real Sociedad.

Napoli lost their opening game at home to AZ Alkmaar and Gattuso wants his players to right their wrong.

The manager while speaking in his pre-match conference told his players to have conviction and be ready to suffer.

“There is no other way to face Real than to oppose them with their own weapons. 

“We must have conviction in our means and the ability to suffer. 

Commenting on his opponent style of play, the former AC Milan midfielder said Real Sociedad have similar style with Napoli.

“Their coach is right when he says that we have a very similar way of interpreting races. 

“They, like us, aim to control the dribble and have a proven organization. “

“They certainly have very talented players, but they don’t just have David Silva. 

“This is a team that has been working together for many years, who has a strong sense of belonging and a passionate audience. 

“Tomorrow we are lucky not to have fans at the stadium because it would have been a pit, but equally we will face a combative opponent, proud and with great personality ”.

“We note that there is an important hand of the coach behind, because it is a team that, I repeat, always knows what to do both in the offensive and in the passive phase. 

“I reiterate that it will take a great Napoli to be able to obtain a positive result. “.

Asked if he will rotate the squad ahead of tomorrow game, he refused to divulge his tactics.

“Tomorrow I don’t know how much I will change in terms of training, but a competitive Napoli will certainly go on the field and they are physically well. 

“We need to know how to fight from the beginning because tomorrow a really intense game awaits us and we will have to be ready to fight until the end”

“There is the awareness that we meet a team that can put us in difficulty and that we are facing a football culture of enormous tradition and football spirit “