Lavezzi looking forward to the Gamper trophy clash and predicts a tight Scudetto race: Serie A news
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604, at the Camp Nou on August 22, 2011.
Lavezzi believes that the game will hold immense importance in terms of their match practice for the UEFA Champions League. The 26-year-old is confident that his team will not be thrashed and is hoping to give Barcelona a full
run for their money.
Napoli will feature in this year’s edition of the UEFA Champions League after a 21 year absence from the competition. The Argentine international believes that lot of teams will be competing for the European gong and has trust
in his team too.
“This game will help us understand how we are doing in the lead-up to the season. It’s an important match and nobody wants to make a bad impression at the Nou Camp. Do we fear a thrashing? No, I have confidence. Hopefully I can
get a goal too. The Champions League will be an exciting competition."
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/San-Lorenzo-c40436 star admitted that the Scudetto race will be tighter than the last season and four or five teams will be in contention to win the league this time around.
“As for the Scudetto, there will be four or five teams battling for the title. The two Milan clubs, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 will fight to the end, Juventus have strengthened a great deal and of course there’s Napoli.”
Lavezzi is eagerly looking forward to play against his good friend and Argentine teammate, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296, and admitted that it will be a huge honour to play against his side. The striker also revealed that Messi has told his Argentine
teammates that he wants to end his playing career at Barcelona and has so much love for the club.
Lavezzi played down the Barcelona star’s comparisons with Argentine legend, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-Maradona-c11160, and believes that the two of them are totally different type of players.
Napoli will start their Serie A campaign with a home game against Genoa on August 28th, 2011.
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