Naples (Italy) (AFP)

On the eve of returning to Naples, Jürgen Klopp, the coach of the Liverpool European Champion, assured that the title won last May had "nothing changed" for him and his players. "After that, of course if you start taking drugs, drinking, buying new cars and leaving your wife, then it gets harder," he said jokingly.

. Feeling champion

Klopp: "You can not imagine how simple it is to continue normally, the players know me and before I win, I've already lost two finals, nothing changes if you have character, it's just an important experience. So, of course, if you start taking drugs, drinking, buying new cars and leaving your wife, then it gets harder. like that."

. Qualification objective

Carlo Ancelotti (Naples coach): "This is the beginning of this group and our goal is very clear, it is to get out of the pool, we are facing the best team in the group and the best team in Europe." is also the only team in Europe to have had no problems this season, they have been full of points, it is a difficult but very exciting test, is Liverpool the favorite? favorite in general, so yes, Liverpool is a favorite. "

Jordan Henderson (Liverpool captain): "Favorites? I think it's a little too early for things like that, we started the season very well and we want to continue like this."

. Memories of last season

Klopp: "Naples is a team that has changed little, they just have some new quality players, we're pretty similar from that point of view, we build on what we did last season."

Henderson: "Last year, we were not good at all, so we can say that we really improved, yes, we hope that the match will be different tomorrow but we know it will be hard, Naples is a good team. "

Ancelotti: "We can use what we did well and less well last year, the defensive aspect, for example, was very good last season, but we also have quality players and to win these kinds of matches, these players also have to show this quality, Liverpool has improved, the team has gained a lot of certainty last season, we have progressed, we have a group that has more quality. that it will be a match of the same level as last year, with a lot of intensity and, hopefully, with the same result (victory 1-0, ed). "

. Coaching duel

Ancelotti: "The difference is the players on the field who do it, the coaches must try not to do too much damage, there are two categories of coaches, the ones who do the damage and the ones who get to have an impact on their team. "

. Ancelotti, Llorente and Liverpool

Ancelotti: "Liverpool is a team that is linked to some of my biggest disappointments, the 1984 UEFA Champions League final with Roma or the 2005 AC Milan, but also some of my greatest joys, such as the This is a team that inspires me with sympathy, because playing at Anfield is always a unique emotion. "

Fernando Llorente (Napoli striker, beaten by Liverpool in the final of the last C1 with Tottenham): "It was very painful to lose this final There is a desire for revenge, yes, but it is especially the opportunity to show that you can be at the level of a team as strong as Liverpool. "

Interviewed at a press conference

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