Maurizio Sarri and Luciano Spalletti have decided to field the following 22 players in tonight’s Serie A clash at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples when Napoli host Inter Milan with kick off scheduled for 20.45 CET.
Nerazzurri coach Luciano Spalletti has opted to go with the same startin lineup as in last Sunday’s win over AC Milan in the Derby della Madonnina whilst late medical tests by Napoli’s medical team have given Maurizio Sarri the green light to start with Lorenzo Insigne.
Starting lineups:
Napoli (4-3-3): 25 Reina; 23 Hysaj, 33 Albiol, 26 Koulibaly, 31 Ghoulam; 5 Allan, 8 Jorginho, 17 Hamsik; 7 Callejon, 14 Mertens, 24 Insigne.
Substitutes: 1 Rafael, 22 Sepe, 21 Chiriches, 19 Maksimovic, 11 Maggio, 6 Mario Rui, 42 Diawara, 30 Rog, 20 Zielinski, 37 Ounas, 15 Giaccherini, 18 Leandrinho.
Inter (4-2-3-1): 1 Handanovic; 33 D’Ambrosio, 37 Skriniar, 25 Miranda, 55 Nagatomo; 11 Vecino, 5 Gagliardini; 87 Candreva, 20 Borja Valero, 44 Perisic; 9 Icardi.
Substitutes: 27 Padelli, 46 Berni, 13 Ranocchia, 7 Joao Cancelo, 29 Dalbert, 21 Santon, 10 Joao Mario, 17 Karamoh, 23 Eder, 99 Pinamonti.
Referee: Banti.
Assistant referees: Meli & Manganelli.
Fourth official: Irrati.
VAR referee: Rocchi
VAR assistant: Pinzani.
Wow. I can’t believe we are still unbeaten. I CAN’T BELIEVE.
GG Napoli. One of the most entertaining 0-0 draws in the past years (from the ones I watched).
Agree…no goal but very entertaining
Sasukenovic
Thay should be a red card, stupid ref
no koulibaly holds back. no red
Batmanovic
best gk in the world
samir motm
Thank u handa
Samir.
When we are attacking the ref whistles.
SEE!?
Maybe this is the day Eder scores
that was an “Ok” run from cancelo
When we are attacking the ref whistles.
Should sub Icardi sooner, he was marked by Kolibali, i dont think you understand.
Spaletti is a great coach, but I think he makes a mistake by putting mario instead eder, and cancelo instead karamoh/brozo
Brozo is injured.
Oh ya? Ok karamoh then
I was hoping Karamoh too. But probably he wanted someone in the right wing that can do defending as well.
agree
what a dive
Why take off Candrebva? I don’t think Cancelo is ready.
We need more speed. Our opp looked tired.
candreva was tired.. he run a lot today..
Candreva has been great this game. Makes it more frustrating when he plays like trash
I’m afraid of Cancelo. Last time he wasn’t focused
I would rather see Karamoh, but I trust Spalletti.
come on give karamoh a chance .–
Candreva has been amazing damn.
Everybody performs under Spalletti.
Fantastic by Candreva from what seemed all but a corner. Good game by Candreva. Let’s see what Cancelo can do.
Candreva has been the best player on the pitch.
what was that corner.
Shit crosses.
why the low cross ??
that should’ve been a goal. candreva’s cross was a little back.
After several coaches and different players I’m still confused why we’re taking short corners sometimes. They never ever work out for us.
They are tired – we are scoring a lot in last 15 mins. Let the game begin.
JM long shot. Better than K-dog?
improvement!
we have to be careful napoli sure don’t want to cut their perfect start
Karamoh please. Replace Icardi, his movements needed.
Inter time
Joao Mario would score & end the game!
i bet on nagatomo
Our magician has turned him into the Serpentine!
so guys do u think we are scudetto contender ?
Nah
i mean after this start and a draw at the sanpaolo we have nothing to fear right ?
You never know. We’re still missing a lot of depth
Well…by still having Cancelo and Karamoh, plus supersub Eder and 5 ready mfs for 3 starting places, Dalbert and Rano..we’re not missing much
We are. A lot of these players are not game changers. We need one more mid, one more CB and probably a winger.
Too soon to talk. You know what happened with Mancini…
not really.
no
If we content on playing like this they will prolly get those 1-2 chances to finish off this match. C’mon JM, C’mon boys!
Kill the game, Mario.
is it minute 70 ?
71
Yes
Yeah
nice
I want to see kamorah’s fresh legs against a tired Napoli
Go on Joao Mario, run circles around them. Good game by Valero.
Agreed.
Here we go! Looks like he’s coming on
It’s almost inter time
Man I’m nervous.
Fantastic block by D’Ambrosio
Yes Mario
once we hopefully qualify to the CL, Icardi is gonna struggle really bad against good teams. his hold up play is none existent.
What happens when miranda or skriniar gets too many yellows and gets suspended ?
We get screwed
That’s when we witness Rano , Dumbo and Naga madness
Oh my… just the thought of it gives me chills
Rano plays
Nightmares
sub off valero ffs
Put eder-the super sub- in
Joao Mario please
Need JM’s strength
CANCELO, Mario, Karamoah IN
But Eder always changes the game when he subs in
Napoli just seem quicker than us on all fronts and they’re stretching us so much! We’re playing super dangerously
MirandaLucio
Nailbiter.
icardi is trash outside the box. he cant hold up the play to save his life.
This game is so intense.
That black man is so good, run with three legs lmao
I’m surprised you don’t know Koulibaly
Koribari?
Napoli is not pressing high anymore, but still able to control the midfield, and inter still unable to build attack from the backline
we’re so clueless in possession. Candreva=out. hes so tired from defending and attacking.
wtf are they doing
Napoli have really switched off on their Pressing.
dem tired.
oh shit
Miranda is not focused
bravo dambrosio
insigne’s energizer is running dry 😀 yay
I feel like the midfield of Vecino, Gagliardini and Valero has been working really well in both games, against Milan and now Napoli.
i have the same feeling. hopefully we stick with those two in the upcoming games
damn
well done naga
woah naga!
Napoli are so tired that Sarri probably told them to not press as high. now i know Spalletti’s gameplan
to tire napoli out.
what a run vecinooo
Its our time now
should have been a yellow
I’m just in. What happened to Bejino?
kinda prospective start at this 2nd half. AMALA!!!
holy shit what a goal would that have been from vecino
Gotta release the ball faster Perišić…
Just a question
I know we have two of the best winger, but why doesnt Icardi get more service feom the wings?
Just curios.
omg
Woow
Oh my god!! What a run by Vecino, that would be such an amazing goal.
HOWWWW!
I’m off guys. Forza Inter. Hope for a win, settle for a draw, a loss won’t be the end of the world against this Napoli team.
I think our tactics will work more effectively on second half since Napoli will press up high with more pressure and all needed will be one long ball to Candreva or Perisic and the REST IS HISTORY.
heythere,can you share a streaming link?
This a battle of stamina. Spalletti try to exploit the tiredness of napoli for ucl, thus playing short passes in territory thus Napoli will chase us. Same goes to us also pressing them in their area. We will see in the second half who will have more endurance. Very brave tactics against team such as napoli.
hi there,can you share a streaming link?
Some of Karamoh, Cancelo and Dalbert after 60th minute for stamina and pace
I think one of the reason we playing the ball in the back is to save our stamina.. Imagine a 2nd half when our players alreadytired.. That insigne mertens callejon won’t be chased.
Would love to see Joao Mario to add creativity to the counter in the second half.
JM could be the x-factor if he comes from the bench.
Happy for the 1st half performance.
Compare to 1-2 seasons before, I would say our defence is much better.
At least from this first half ‘big’ match against seri-A top leader and very powerful squad, we had a great approach in regards to how we defend and avoid to lost the ball.
It seems to me, Spaletti instructed the team to sit back deep when defending and try to built the attack from the back with short passes instead of get panic in the back then try to make a long ball to Icardi.
If we do that way, the chance is we will easily lost ball to napoli’s midfielder. Then it will be easier to them to build their quick attack. So, Spaletti’s tactic has been worked so far, BUT maaaaan, I honestly hate it since it is not good for my heart! 😀
I could easily got heart attack since Handa-Skiniar-Vecino-Nagatomo played really risky short passes at the back. 😀 Just my thought 🙂
They’re not sitting back & defending. That’s murder against this Napoli. They’re pressing high & causing them problems, & they’re making mistakes.
My bad.. Don’t know how to explain it in football terms or I might be just wrong. But anyway, just hate the way they did a lot of short passes at the back and not quick enough to supply killer ball either to Perisic or Candreva
Observations :-
1. Nagatomo is good in defence but extremely limited in attack. Any time we want to build an attack, we’re looking at the right side, because Dambro & Candy have an understanding. His defending is good though. Dalbert’s defending always impressed me, and his attacking game is better than Naga’s. I can understand not starting Dalbert for an important match like this, but I hope it doesn’t continue for too long. Show support & confidence in Dalbert.
2. We need a midfielder who can absorb pressure. Anytime we pass it to Vecino & Gagli, they pass it right back, afraid of the pressure from Napoli mids. Someone like Torreira, who can play while facing his own goal, create space for himself with his dribbling can & face the opposition goal will be great.
3. We need a fast forward. Icardi, we we’re playing on the counter, can’t offer the movement, pace & dribbling to launch them. Great as his finishing is, someone that can offer these thing might be a good back-up option.
All-in-all, good game. We’ve held our own.
we cant show support or confidence in Dalbert because if we do then other interistas will get triggered and we will get yelled by anyone who deffends Lord Nagatomo who according to them ”Nagatomo is better than Dalbert”.
haha that man
I’m pretty sure it’s the other way around. Anyone suggesting Nagatomo is the better option gets cussed out.
2 interistas named john and walter white thinks Nagatomo is the better option, better watch out lol
Well, Dalbert is better.
Nagatomo has the experience.
Who should we start in big matches? Nagatomo without a doubt. Remember, Spaletti teaches youngsters for some time before playing them.
yeah, well cant wait until january transfer window opens. Hopefully we get rid of him asap.
Eder can provide movement and pace, but I would never in my life sub Icardi in this game. Knowing how little he needs to score… He’s lethal.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Eder offers the same things I was looking for, but no way I start Eder over Icardi in the match.
Good observations, I like number 1 and 2, dalbert in naga out, eder/mario in vecino out, valero as mf to control midfield and distribute the ball to our forward
“Nagatomo is good in defence but extremely limited in attack.” This statement is only half true. He’s not good in defending.
He made some important interceptions & blocks today. He’s done that much this entire season. This is a true statement.
Maybe Karamoh for Valero to surprise them with some speed? Feel like Yann would score that Valero miss (when everyone thought it was offside) or move Candreva to AM and put Black Perišić (Y. Karamoh) on the wing? We need Valeros ball-distributing skills but… I don’t know who we can sub, I don’t see a bad player on the pitch right now.
the ball was too high and too close to his body, more than that.. he didn’t have time to wait for the ball to come down because the defender was closing down, and it’s too close to the goal keeper.. so the fact that he manage to shoot that ball on target was already good enough..^^
Vecino= out. Valero to drop back in the 2 man midfield and Joao mario= in
Handa saved us 3 times the in first half..the scoreline looks good going into second half,hopefully the match against city begin to affecting napoli stamina
Perisic little bit sloppy tonite..
mario surely come in for uncle
Our defense look pretty solid, i hope we’re gonna grab one or two counter attack goals in the 2nd half. I don’t have any doubt that we can win this game.
Good first half. I’ve never seen Inter this comfortable against Sarri’s Napoli even though they dominate possession. This will go down to some individual mistakes/brilliance if the game continues like this. Forza ragazzi!
seems like spaletti along side our players been studying napoli play style against city
Joao Mario needed.
Im impressed with nagatomo, hopefully he scores
Here comes the hattrick
Pls show him the opponent post… LOL