Two clubs chasing UEFA Europa League glory will do battle today in a match between Dnipro and Napoli. The semifinal clash scheduled for 3:05 p.m. ET will be held at NSK Olimpiysky Stadium in Kyiv and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on Fox Soccer Plus.
What They're Saying
Dnipro manager Myron Markevych (via UEFA): "We weren't ourselves in Italy. Napoli's performance in the first leg was really great, I know this because I have watched lots of their games. They made us run without ball for the whole match, but I hope here it will be different because I know we can play a different kind of football than we saw in Naples. We'll try to counterattack with more quality this time."
Napoli manager Rafael Benitez: "We always analyze our opponents in detail, as we do our own performance. We work hard to avoid mistakes we've committed in past, and I hope this will be the case here. My future at Napoli doesn't depend directly on this result. We are totally focused on this very important game and we want to reach the Europa League final."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Lorenzo Insigne provided the assist in the first leg's 1-1 draw. In four Europa League appearances, the 23-year-old has three assists and an average of 2.3 key passes.
Dnipro Projected Lineup (4-5-1): Boyko; Fedetskiy, Douglas, Cheberyachko, Léo Matos; Kankava, Rotan, Fedorchuk, Matheus, Konoplyanka; Kalinić
Napoli's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Andújar; Maggio, Albiol, Britos, Ghoulam; Inler, López; Mertens, Hamšík, Callejón; Higuaín
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
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