Walter Mazzarri’s men are riding high on the back of their thrashing of Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League; Inter Milan in dire straits and looking for hope.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003 will play hosts to Inter Milan in what will be a “make or break” match for the Nerazzurri side, given their recent run of form. The game will be played at Stadio San Paolo on Sunday, February 26 at
19.45 GMT.
Walter Mazzarri’s side come into this game on the back of a 3-1 win over Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League. The win in the midweek would have done a world of good to their confidence, especially after
they came from a goal behind to win the match.
On the other hand, Inter Milan, have been in a horrendous run of form, and come into this game with a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Olympique Marseille on their backs.
The Nerazzurri suffered a 3-0 thrashing in the return-leg of the ongoing season at San Siro in October 2011.
Napoli
Walter Mazzarri’s men are firing on all cylinders having been in top form of late, and losing only once in their last five games. Even more impressive are the stats that accompany the Azzurri in the last
three matches played. The Partenopei side have scored eight times, while conceding only one goal, and registering wins in all of the matches.
The Napoli fans will be hoping for this rich vein of form to continue in order to strengthen their position for a UEFA Champions League spot.
The two sides met in Coppa Italia quarter-final last month, where Azzurri were victor’s courtesy a brace from Edinson Cavani.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan
La Beneamata have been in abysmal run of form, having failed to register a win in their last seven matches in all competitions. To compile even more misery, Claudio Ranieri’s men have lost six times in those
matches, failing to score in any of them.
The Nerazzurri manager is under immense pressure, and his San Siro future might be reviewed if the team extends its winless streak.
Team News
Napoli
Napoli’s heroes in the reverse fixture, Marek Hamsik and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Goran-Pandev-c15161.
Campagnaro, on the other hand, suffered a head wound in their midweek tie against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Miguel-Britos-c25544 is expected to replace him.
Probable Starting line-up: De Sanctis, Grava, Cannavaro, Aronica, Maggio, Gargano, Inler, Zuniga, Pandev, Lavezzi, Cavani
Inter Milan
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andrea-Ranocchia-c5708 face lengthy spells on the sidelines as well.
Ranieri is likely to persist with a 4-4-1-1 formation with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-Milito-c11166.
Probable Starting line-up: Cesar, Nagatomo, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lucio-c22597, Samuel, Chivu, Zanetti, Poli, Cambiasso, Obi, Sneijder, Milito.
All Eyes on:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ezequiel-Lavezzi-c13073 (Napoli)
The Azzurri forward has been criticised for not scoring enough goals this season. A brace in the Champions League would have definitely boosted his confidence, and the Argentine will be looking to shoulder
the goal-scoring burden with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Edinson-Cavani-c11955.
Claudio Ranieri (Inter Milan)
The Nerazzurri manager is under intense scrutiny with immense speculation that the 60-year-old might be axed from his http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 boss will be looking to instil optimism
and a proactive approach to the Inter game.
Prediction:
Napoli will be looking to pile even more misery on the already deflated Inter Milan side, and with their killer counter-attacking football, they will be favourites to run riot in the Inter defence.
Verdict: 3-0
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