Napoli-Roma at the Maradona Stadium is a crucial head-to-head clash for the Champions League spots: with a win, Napoli would go +6 over 5th place, while Roma, with a victory, would catch up with Napoli at 49 points, overtaking Juventus, who are at 46.
Conte’s team comes off an elimination from the Coppa Italia against Como, while in the league they have won their last two matches against Genoa (at the last minute) and Fiorentina. Gasperini, on the other hand, comes in with a win over Cagliari that redeemed the defeat in Udine.
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💣 Malen Again: 1-0 in the 7th minute! Assist by Zaragoza
7th MINUTE - Mancini sends Zaragoza deep, who crosses low into the box, Malen shoots first time with power and beats Milinkovic-Savic, who could do nothing about the goal. This is his 4th goal in 6 appearances, the 3rd in a row after last week's brace against Cagliari.
🔥Conte: "We’ll press Roma, good feelings"
Antonio Conte spoke to DAZN before the Napoli-Roma match
“The feelings are good, we played a very good match against Como, and it’s understandable to go out on penalties in the quarterfinals. The team is in good shape, we’re playing excellent matches. We’ll try to win the ball, to press Roma as we do with everyone, then we’ll look for solutions when we have the ball. Roma is an excellent team, they also make intensity and pressing their winning weapons.”
💥 Massara: "Dybala is special. Renewal? The injury..."
Frederic Massara spoke to DAZN.
“Big match? We’ve missed the wins but not the performances. Dybala would be missed by any team, he’s a special player, different, he has absolute quality, he makes the difference in Serie A. The injury doesn’t affect the discussions we’ll have with him and his agent.”
✅ OFFICIAL line-ups
NAPOLI (3-4-2-1): Milinkovic-Savic; Beukema, Rrahmani, Buongiorno; Gutierrez, Lobotka, Elmas, Spinazzola; Politano, Vergara; Hojlund.
ROMA (3-4-2-1): Svilar; Mancini, N’Dicka, Ghilardi; Celik, Pisilli, Cristante, Wesley; Zaragoza, Pellegrini; Malen.
For Napoli, McTominay is absent (injury) and Juan Jesus (suspension). For Roma, Dybala is out while Soulé is called up but does not start, his involvement is unlikely according to Sky Sport.
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