Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso admitted he was losing sleep ahead of next week's Champions League clash with Barcelona after his team warmed up for the Spaniards with a comeback 2-1 win over lowly Brescia in Serie A.
Gattuso will make his Champions League debut as a coach against the Spanish, having replaced Carlo Ancelotti, who was sacked despite leading the southerners to the knockout rounds.
"Don't make me think, leave me alone," urged Gattuso after the win which moved his side into the Europa League places.
Lorenzo Insigne and Fabian Ruiz's second-half goals rescued a win after Jhon Chancellor had put the northeners ahead after half an hour.
"We will think about (Barcelona) tomorrow, today only Brescia counted.
"It's a competition I'll lose sleep over, but on the other hand I almost never sleep now," continued the 42-year-old, a former World Cup winner who won two Champions League titles as a player with AC Milan "When I talk to my colleagues who are a few years older than me, I ask if they sleep.
"They tell me that in time it will pass, but it doesn't pass."
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"I saw the right spirit, the poison that we must always have."
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