Napoli against Spezia, the first final – Sport

Today the first of four finals, all to be won, to cross the finish line of returning to the Champions League. For Napoli, on the eve of the trip to La Spezia, a tour de force creepy. Beating in order Spezia, Udinese, Fiorentina and Verona is the watchword in this decisive phase of the tournament, an obligation from which the team of Gattuso he cannot exempt himself if he does not want to see all the efforts made so far to reach qualification for next year’s top European football competition thwarted. Until last Sunday, thanks to the calendar that still includes two direct clashes between Juventus, Milan and Atalanta, the Azzurri had a joker available, that is to say, out of five games they could also have drawn one, keeping, in the event of a further four wins, mathematical certainty of at least fourth place in the final standings. The bonus, however, was wasted at the “Maradona” with the draw with Cagliari and now there is no more room for new slowdowns. The problem is that winning at La Spezia is no small feat. The team of Italiano it is still engaged in the struggle for salvation and you can be sure that it will pour out every last drop of sweat to make a result against the Neapolitans. Fate, however, did not give Gattuso a hand as it did for most of the season. The defense, in fact, presents itself today (3 pm) at the “Peak” with two defections, that of Koulibaly that in the match with the Sardinians he reported a muscle problem and that of Maksimovic, positive result at Covid-19. The central pair is therefore taken for granted: they will play Rahman e Manolas and the questions about the solidity and resistance of the department inevitably chase each other. As for the rest of the formation, reconfirmation between the posts of Meret, the return to the left wing of the defense of Mario Rui instead of Hysaj and, with respect to the team that took the field with Cagliari, the replacement of Lozano with Politano. Confirmed, as an advanced tip, Osimhen who has definitively recovered after the application of three sutures on the scalp, following the clash of play with Ceppitelli.
THE DAY. Spezia-Naples (15), Udinese-Bologna (15), Inter-Sampdoria (18), Fiorentina-Lazio (20.45). Tomorrow: Genoa-Sassuolo (12.30), Benevento-Cagliari (15), Parma-Atalanta (15), Verona-Turin (15), Rome-Crotone (18), Juventus-Milan (20.45).
THE RANKING. Inter 82; Atalanta, Milan and Juventus 69; Naples 67; Lazio 64; Rome 55; Sassuolo 53; Sampdoria 45; Verona 42; Udinese and Bologna 39; Genoa 36; Fiorentina 35; Turin and Spezia 34; Cagliari 32; Benevento 31; Parma 20; Crotone 18.
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