Gennaro Gattuso will have a focus on lifting Napoli up in the Serie A table in order to ensure the CL in the next season.

Gennaro Gattuso has taken over the cheftrænerposten in crisis-hit Napoli on Wednesday, and he has priorities clear.

For even if the team on Tuesday qualified for the first knockout round in the Champions League, then Serie A top priority.

- the Goal is to obtain points and get up on the Champions League-the seats (top 4 in Serie A, ed.).

- We need to work hard, pick up some points and get through this difficult period, " says Gattuso, according to the talksport.com.

Naples is without win in the last seven league matches, which have sent the team down to seventh place in the table. And that belongs to the club not to turn the new coach fixed.

- It is embarrassing to see Naples, where the team is right now in the table. This team has what it takes to finish in the top-4, he says.

The newly appointed coach had as a player the pleasure of playing under Carlo Ancelotti, as he has just taken over trænersædet in Naples from the.

Ancelotti was the coach of Milan from 2001 to 2009, where Gattuso in the whole period was a profile on Milans central midfield.

Carlo Ancelotti is like a father to me. He has always stood near me and supported me. He has won everything, and I still have a lot to prove, says Gattuso on its predecessor.

Gattusos first task in the forefront of Naples will be hjemmekampen against Andreas Cornelius' Parma on Saturday.

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