The wait is over, we’re off. Napoli begins their season against Parma, which represents two defeats to redeem for Gattuso and beyond: his first on the blue bench, with the mocking ko at the end of a restart after a slip by Zielinski, and the ko on the penultimate day right at the Tardini, with a dubious rigor and a simulation of Kulusevski who still cries out for revenge.
A lot of curiosity for the Azzurri’s debut, stopped at the last test with Pescara since the only match against a first division team (with Sporting, in Lisbon) was missed due to the positivity of some Portuguese and became a training at Alvalade stadium. However, Napoli starts from a consolidated 11, with only two ballots and one of these concerns Osimhen, the hit of the summer, and for the rest it is the team that as long as it had motivations went at a great pace in the second round of the last season, finishing with 38 points despite several empty passes in the final with the head to Barcelona.
On the other hand, there will be a Parma that has lost the starlet Kulusevski, the driver of last season, and is essentially still on the market, also due to the expensive redemption obligations paid to Napoli (Sepe, Grassi and Inglese). There are no new faces, if not that of Fabio Liverani on the bench, who by his own admission immediately wants to bring a more open and dominant football to the match, compared to the speculative one of D’Aversa who in the restart has however obtained surprising results before saying goodbye.
THE LATEST FROM PARMA – Liverani without the suspended Kurtic and in all likelihood of the bruised Gervinho as well as the injured Scozzarella, Gagliolo and Gazzola. In 4-3-1-2, therefore, there could be Kucka in support of the ‘heavy’ English couple and Cornelius, even if the latter is in a run-off with Karamoh. In midfield Hernani, Brugman and the former Grassi while in front of the other former Sepe line four with Darmian, Iacoponi, Alves and Pezzela.
THE LATEST FROM NAPLES – There are two ballots. The usual between the posts, with Meret this time in front of Ospina and the other that we will have to get used to this year between Osimhen and Mertens, with the Belgian who seems a thread behind and who could also be in a run-off with Politano for the right out. The choice could affect more the condition of the individuals, who hardly have 90 ‘in the legs at the first real test, compared to tactical considerations on the opponent.For the rest, few doubts about the midfield, with the usual trio Fabian, Demme, Zielinski and in defense with Koulibaly paired with Manolas, and Di Lorenzo and Mario Rui on the sides.
PARMA (4-3-1-2): Sepe; Darmian, Iacoponi, Alves, Pezzella; Hernani, Brugman, Grassi; Kucka; English, Cornelius. Herds Liverani
BallotingsCornelius-Karamoh 55% -45%
NAPLES (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Fabian, Demme, Zielinski; Politano, Osimhen, Insigne. Herds Gattuso
Ballotings: Meret-Ospina 55% -45%, Osimhen-Mertens 51% -49%, Politano-Mertens 55% -45%
REFEREE: Mariani (Prenna-Marghani, IV: Ross, VAR: Aureliano, AVAR: Del Giovane)
Live TV on DAZN, live broadcast on Kiss Kiss Italia and Kiss Kiss Napoli and live text with ample pre and post-match on Tuttonapoli.net
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