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Kalidou Koulibaly and Napoli can build on unlucky PSG draw

Carlo Ancelotti will hope his Senegal star and his teammates go from strength to strength after creditable continental draw in Paris

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There’s a general, unwritten, consensus that big games really solidify players’ belief in a new head coach, and for Kalidou Koulibaly and his Napoli teammates, the trip to France to play European heavyweights Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League represented a real acid test to test how far they’ve come under new manager Carlo Ancelotti.

For every new trainer, the ‘honeymoon’ period represents the time in which he starts out at his new place of employment and seeks to take advantage of the goodwill that accompanies his arrival.