Friday, April 6, 2012

Lazio VS Napoli and The battle for Champions league Spot

Lazio host Napoli on Saturday , the azzuri will be desperate for a win after the thrashing they received from Juventus a week prior , Udinese is hot on their trail with Napoli leading only on goal difference . 8 games remaining to the end of the season this is when things start to get interesting. AS Roma only a point behind, and Inter needing a win, the Serie A promises a great spectacle in the weeks to come.

Ezequiel lavezzi has been instrumental to Napoli’s success in previous two seasons


The Azzuri have only managed to win 1 game in their last 5 , Napoli have a quality side ,but they do suffer from a lack of depth in the squad .Andrea Dossena, Marco Donadel and Christian Maggio,all have been ruled out of the match due to injury  while Juan Zuniga and Walter Gargano are suspended. this means , Walter Mazzarri s men  need to revert to a more conservative 4-3-2-1 formation with hamsik droping back to center of the field  and Goran Pandev and  Ezequiel lavezzi providing support for the magic number 7 Edinson Cavani . The uruguayan International has curretnly scored 19 goals in the league he has already manged to score 4 goals against lazio and will be looking to extend his goal against the Biancocelesti
His Currently sitting second on the top scorers chart with Antonio di Natale and   trailing Zlatan Ibrahimovich by 3 goals  

Lazio have managed to win 4 of the last 5 games played on their home turf Stadio Olimpico.Lazio Manager Edy Roja has got his work cut out form him as he must try to win this game with 7 satrting players lost to injury .
Marius Stankevicius, Matuzalem, Stefan Radu and Senad Lulic Miroslav Klose defender Andrea Dias will all miss the match against Napoli.

Probable Line Ups
Marchetti
Scaloni, Biava, Diakite, Konko
Ledesma, Cana
Gonzalez, Hernanes, Mauri
Rocchi
De Sanctis
C'pagnaro, Cannavaro, Britos, Aronica
Dzemaili, Inler, Hamsik
Lavezzi     Pandev
 Cavani
Final Verdict

Lazio have great home record , Napoli have only managed to beat Lazio twice in Stadio Olimpico , all these said , Napoli are a more technically gifted side , and play a wide quick passing game as tradition Lazio  the home team will look to attack , and most probably get caught in the counter attack.
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         Lazio                                     Napoli
            1                                             3

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