Football.fr Published 11/04/2019 at 11:50 p.m., Updated 12/04/2019 at 12:04 a.m. As attractive as they were in the Champions League group stage, before being relegated to the Europa League, SSC Napoli experienced genuine disappointment on Thursday, on the pitch at Emirates Stadium, facing a dominant Arsenal side (2-0) in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the minor European Cup. Carlo Ancelotti's team was unrecognizable, but the rock of Naples' defense, Kalidou Koulibaly, wanted to believe in a final whistle comeback a week later, at San Paolo. "We were put in difficulty at the start of the match, it's a shame we didn't show a bit more courage," the Senegalese player regretted on RMC Sport. "We saw that we were more dangerous in the second half. We hope to make up for it next week, it will be a completely different match. (...) It's a shame, we missed our match, I think there was some timidity on our part. With all the fans at San Paolo, there's a way to do something else."