Napoli captain Di Lorenzo urges focus to deliver on ´huge opportunity´

Napoli have a “huge opportunity” this season but “can’t let up an inch” in their hunt to win the Serie A title, according to captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo.

I Partenopei have a 13-point lead atop the Italian top flight, aiming to clinch their first Scudetto since the 1989-90 season.

Napoli have won 17 of their 20 league games so far (D2 L1) – including 15 of their last 16 – scoring 48 goals and conceding just 15.

Ahead of their trip to Spezia on Sunday, Di Lorenzo spoke to the official Serie A website, saying: “It would be false of me to say that we don’t have a huge opportunity this season, but there’s a very long way to go and we can’t let up an inch.

“We just need to stay focused on our work, which is what has got us where we are at this point of the season.”

It is the first time in the three points for a win era (since 1994-95) that there has been 13 points between the first and second teams in Serie A after 20 games played.

“I never imagined such a start to the season, what we are doing is something really special, and is just rewards for all the hard work we put in during pre-season and the summer, and continue to do now,” Di Lorenzo said.