Mazzarri: Every game a final for Napoli

There are ‘no limits’ to what Napoli can achieve this Serie A season, according to manager Walter Mazzarri.

Mazzarri’s side is three points from league-leaders AC Milan, with the latter faltering badly after the Serie A’s winter break.

Napoli have a testing trip to Roma on Saturday, and Mazzarri knows the importance of every game as the season enters its final third.

“We have no limits,” Mazzarri said.

“We will play each match as if it were a final, that is all. The rest is only a media slogan more than for us, we’re not interested. We will only look at the table at the end of the season. If a team never loses at home it means it is even more difficult to face at home.”

Roma sit in seventh on the Serie A table, but will be smarting from a 5-3 thumping at the hands of third-placed Inter Milan last Sunday.

The result ended a five-game undefeated streak for Claudio Ranieri’s men, and Mazzarri is aiming to prolong Roma’s misery for his side’s own benefit.

“We hope to play a perfect match in order to keep our title hopes alive and it will be a further boost in our confidence,” he said.

“If we play at our best, giving 100 percent as we did in many matches, both in defence and in attack, we know we can give any team a game.”