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Cagliari vs Napoli

Serie A, Italy

Date: Saturday, Dec 12, 2009

Stadium: Sant’Elia

We are in for an exciting duel at Sardinia with Napoli coming to town after eight winless games. They have four wins and four draws under the belt, last time they made a similar run, more than 20 years ago, they ended up winning the Scudetto. However it is now far from enough to do big things because they let a number of point slip through their fingers, but they still hope to have a good run in spring and to book the ticket to Europe. Cagliari are without that kind of pressure, they don’t want to play Europa League which would just exhaust them both financially both physically. They have already collected plenty of points which would surely be enough for their only aim this season, survival. Massimo Celino, the Italian living in Miami is club’s only sponsor which gives him no right to play god with this team. Still, that is exactly what he is doing. He was angry after the defeat to Palermo, but had no reasons whatsoever to feel that way. He claims the team got scared, went on even to criticize the manager whose good work can be easily seen on the table. With minimal investments and lowest budget in the league, Cagliari have been beating big teams for second year in a row now. This season they beat Juventus, got ripped off against Milan, beat Samp at home which all made it up to 22-point tally. With all the projections, 40 will be enough to survive the season. And, when after those results, first man says he is not pleased, great coach Allegri can do anything about it. Conti is suspended, reserve goalkeeper Lupatelli is injured, but Marchetii is coming back on the goal line. Sardi will not change much, Nene and Matri will go up front and Jeda should be also in the starting grid. Napoli had problems against Bari having manage to turn the game upside down after guests lost the man on the field. Still, the return to form of the Italian international Quagliarella is more pleasing than the result. Ever since he came to the club from Udinese, this lad was out of himself and it was now evident formation didn’t suit him right. As soon as Mazzari boosted the attack line adding up Argentine Denis to the front line, things have drastically changed. Still, Napoli had plenty of problems in the defense and that is something they will need to pay attention to. Simply, attack line is the strongest part of the team right now. Many believe that motivation is the key to this game. Mazzari will be without Rinaudo, Contini and Datolo, but all of the key players are fit and ready. Lavezzi spent half an hour last week showing he is ready and recovered and he is expected to be on the green from the kick off. If they want to brech to the top, Napoli need to go for a win in a game like this one. To be honest, this can might as well be a better display than expected. All we need for it is some early goals and attack oriented approach.  All three results are active here, history teaches us not to believe Napoli in situations like these. As for the result, keep away from it and go for the goals. The odds are great, and it is not impossible to witness a goals galore at Sant’Ella on Sunday afternoon Goal’s highlights, results and more will be on site, as soon as posible.

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