Wednesday, at 20:00, Napoli receives Liverpool’s second round of the Champions League after both teams draw in the first round. The guests have an attractive share on “San Paolo”, where Chiriches will not be able to play because of an injury.
Chiriches, Ghoulam, Meret and Younes will not come from the hosts, all of whom are injured in Carlo Ancelotti’s team. Ancelotti is an experienced manager and knows what he has to do to block Liverpool’s stars: the hosts will sit on two difficult-to-reach lines, and the Italians’ hope is linked to the counterparts of Insigne and Mertens. Napoli knows how to protect the field, even if it gets enough goals, and the most popular bet in England is the one on both sides (GG).
Jurgen Klopp is without Origami, Lallana and Oxlade-Chamberlain, and star Mo Salah comes after a poor match with Chelsea (1-1), in which his defending defeat all his moves. Liverpool needed a late equalizer goal to avoid Chelsea derby failure, and the “cormorants” came to two consecutive games without victory. However, we note that the English have scored in all the official matches of this season and are likely to make it to Napoli. The Italians have lost the previous stage on Juventus, 1-3. Hamsik could make a difference in construction for Napoli, which has players full of flair in the middle line.
White Draw on your last visit to San Paolo.
Ancelotti’s defensive crashes when he faces fast players and weekend’s mistakes and non-synchronizations will cost the Italians in the game Wednesday. Prior to Juve’s failure, Napoletans boasted 4 games in a row without a 7-2 run-off. In Serie A, Napoli is second, with 5 wins in 7 stages, while Liverpool is still leading in England, on a tie with Manchester City, which has a better goal. The two teams played a friendly match in the summer, which Liverpool won 5-0 at Alisson’s debut (goals Salah, Milner, Sturridge, Moreno and Wijnaldum). They also competed in the 2009/2010 season of the Europa League, when Liverpool showed its home win with 3-1 home and 0-0 away. If the score will be open soon on Wednesday, we have all the chances of witnessing an offensive feast!
THE PROBABLE TEAMS
Napoli: Ospina – Hysaj, Koulibaly, Albiol, Rui – Callejon, Allan, Hamsik, Zielinski – Insignia, Mertens
Liverpool: Alisson – Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson – Wijnaldum, Henderson, Milner – Salah, Firmino, Mane
PREDICTION: X2 @ 1.34
