Naive Feyenoord taught Champions League lesson... again


Soccer Football - Feyenoord Press Conference - Rotterdam, Netherlands - September 12, 2017 Feyenoord coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst during the press conference Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine

NAPLES (Reuters) - Feyenoord's naivety after a 15-year Champions League absence was cruelly exposed once more on Tuesday as Napoli pounced on the Dutch side's mistakes and cruised to a comfortable 3-1 victory, coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst said.

"We were competitive for a long period of the game and were not inferior to Napoli but the outcome of the game was decided by personal mistakes," the former Netherlands international told reporters.

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