To draw with Inter and Barcelona, to feel one of the strongest but to reckon with the full infirmary.
It is difficult on the eve of Napoli in view of the match in Cagliari, against a team on the rise, which has hooked Venice and sees a path of salvation in the hands of the former blue coach Mazzarri.
Spalletti and the Azzurri fans enjoyed the matches against the Nerazzurri and the Blaugrana but now they have to count the players again given the infirmary that fills up every day and today also welcomed Lorenzo Insigne.
The Neapolitan captain suffered a strain in his right thigh in training this morning and therefore remains in Naples, without leaving for Sardinia.
He joins Lobotka, Politano, Lozano and Tuanzebe, still blocked, while Fabian Ruiz leaves for Cagliari,
who recovered from his head injury in the Europa League final.
The problem therefore remains that of the attacking outsiders, because between the squad players Spalletti has Mertens and Ounas roles, with the possibility if he wants to try the Zielinski card on the wing.
The situation is not easy for a coach who knows how to take advantage of the flanks and knows how to have plenty on the bench in the historic moment of the five substitutions.
But we have to do it again, like in a bad January for the infirmary but which worked in the results.
plenty on the bench in the historic moment of the five substitutions.
But we have to do it again, like in a bad January for the infirmary but which worked in the results.
plenty on the bench in the historic moment of the five substitutions.
But we have to do it again, like in a bad January for the infirmary but which worked in the results.
Much is expected of Osimhen, ready to take the blue attack on his shoulders, against a defense that has so far conceded 46 goals, one of the highest figures in Serie A. After Milan's draw in Salerno, Napoli know they have to do three points in Cagliari to stay strong in the Scudetto fight, hooking the Rossoneri to 56 points in a calendar that does not discount: after the challenge with the Sardinians there are three thrilling matches in a row: the return with Barcelona (on which it was ticket sales reopened because the stadium can be filled to 75%), the match at Lazio and the match at Maradona with Milan.
Spalletti knows this but asks his players to give him 13 joyful results to aim for the maximum: the idea of the team remains the same, the courage from Koulibaly to Osimhen must continue to work, even in a few in Cagliari,
Probable formations of Cagliari-Naples.
Cagliari (3-5-2): 28 Cragno, 15 Altare, 3 Goldaniga, 33 Obert;
2 Bellanova, 14 Deiola, 27 Grassi, 8 Marin, 29 Dalbert;
10 Joao Pedro, 20 Pereiro.
Available: 1 Aresti, 31 Radunovic, 23 Ceppitelli, 25 Zappa, 44 Carboni, 22 Lykogiannis, 4 Baselli, 39 Kourfalidis, 18 Nandez, 30 Pavoletti, 9 Keita, 19 Gagliano.
All .: Mazzarri.
Disqualified: none.
Beware: Strootman.
Unavailable: Rog, Strootman, Walukiewicz, Lovato, Ceter.
Naples (4-2-3-1): 25 Ospina, 22 Di Lorenzo, 13 Rrahmani, 26 Koulibaly, 6 Mario Rui, 8 Ruiz, 4 Demme, 7 Elmas, 20 Zielinski, 24 Insigne, 9 Osimhen.
(1 Meret, 12 Marfella, 2 Malcuit, 59 Zanoli, 5 Juan Jesus, 31 Ghoulam, 33 Ounas, 14 Mertens, 37 Petagna).
Coach: Spalletti.
Disqualified: none.
Beware: Anguissa, Demme and Rrahmani.
Unavailable: Anguissa, Lobotka, Lozano, Politano, Tuanzebe.
Referee: Mariani di Aprilia Snai odds: 5.75;
4.50;
1.53.
