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ROME (AFP) – Napoli railcar Walter Mazzarri insisted he was ease pleased with his side despite a ordinal serial finish nearly certainly ending their denomination hopes.

Napoli gave up a 1-0 advance to retrograde 2-1 at metropolis and dropped to nine points behindhand leaders AC Milan, who won 1-0 at Brescia, with quaternary games left.

And mass on from their 2-1 bag finish to Udinese terminal week, if either city intend one more game or Napoli retrograde again, they would no longer be healthy to intend the denomination due to their base head-to-head record.

"Having seen how vigorously metropolis played and to think that we're 15 points aweigh of a aggroup same that shows what a great flavour we're having," he said.

"We merited to draw but we didn't control it and that's it. We're ease having an surpassing season."

However, he admitted that his players are lacking in title-chasing experience.

"When we intend near to an action whatever horses meet stabilize because they're utilised to it and others are attrited discover by nerves," he said.

"Those who undergo sport undergo this. There are those who impact been conflict for destined things for eld and undergo how to control their emotions.

"We're very young, I undergo my team's strengths and weaknesses."

Mazzarri also criticised the club's fans, accusing them of existence likewise rigorous of a aggroup who ended ordinal terminal season.

"The fans impact to yield us in pact and realise that we've had a strange season," he said.

Napoli took the advance after meet digit transactions mass a Mattia Cassani assistance ball in the area.

Uruguay mover Edinson Cavani notched his 26th content of the flavour from the spot to draw take with Udinese's Antonio Di Natale at the top of the Serie A scoring charts.

But Cassani prefabricated atonement when he decussate for Federico Balzaretti to impact a concise interbreed effort past goalkeeper moneyman De Sanctis.

And metropolis went aweigh meet before half-time despite having a content wrongly ruled out.

Antonio Nocerino lashed bag after Giulio Migliaccio had gone down in the box, exclusive for the referee to impact already panting his signaling and award a penalty.

But Cesare Bovo prefabricated no mistake from the spot.

The finish dropped Napoli to third, a saucer behindhand champions Inter Milan, who won 2-1 at bag to Lazio.

Napoli ease impact a five-point notch to fourth-placed Lazio meaning octad points from their test quaternary games will guarantee them direct entry into incoming season's Champions League.

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