The Slovak midfielder very unexpectedly stayed on to replace the third round of Serie A against Sampdoria (0: 3) in a duel, never appearing on the field.

According to Hamshik, this was the original decision of the head coach of the team Carlo Ancelotti.

"Seat me on the bench - Ancelotti's decision.

He called me before the game and said that he made some changes in the starting lineup of ".

"It was our first defeat of the season. When you lose in the course of a match, it is always difficult to win back. We were able to do this twice in the first two rounds, but in this case we failed ".

"We need to learn from our mistakes and become better," said Hamshik.

After 3 matches, Napoli takes 5th place in the Serie A standings with 6 points in the asset.