Pre-match: Napoli vs Inter @Stadio San Paolo

Must win game.

 

I'd be alright with benching Hamsik as well, because I need to rediscover my confidence and trust in Zielinski, Diawara, and also Hamsik. Hamsik seems to enjoy himself and play good only when he's alongside Jorginho and Allan, who have been enjoying themselves throughout the season, but even with them he has not yet reached his quality. I would like to see whether it's Hamsik's fault or Ziel. just doesn't move right on the pitch, as I can't remember seeing him anywhere against City, wasn't he selling hot-dogs to the fans or something? It sort of created a nasty situation, as Hamsik had to play all the balls forward and he was doing terribly bad, I can barely remember a few balls that he sent forward that actually reached their target...

 

Of course hamsik will start. Hell he might even start alongside zielinski again. Hell diawara might even start again...
I wouldnt be surprised if one of zielinski or diawara starts because I believe they started last home game vs inter. Not that it should matter since they got spalleti now.

 

Must win game.

 

I feel like our attack will struggle against Skriniar tonight, as I believe he is exactly the kind of defender who knows how to defend our type of play. But the other defenders at Inter do have a whole lot of liabilities, but they are rather good defensively as a team. I sincerely hope that Hamsik will now find that which he has not yet discovered in himself this season, hopefully his performance against City will open up his eyes, if he plays, of course. He used to be a beast, now he's got a long way to go in order to reach his usual levels.

 

You are banned for a week.

We will in convincingly. I think it will be 3-0. I hope for a higher score.

 

The fact we only got 3 points in the first 3 games in CL will somewhat be in the players' minds, it's crazy to think some players won't on some level worry about the City game at home.
Hopefully this won't affect us to the extreme where we can't perform enough to get the 3 points, regardless of how poor Inter looked against Milan they are still a force to be reckoned with.

If I remember correctly we put ourselves in the same situation last season, which consequently led to our worst period of the season - whether that was only down to Milik's injury no one can know for sure.

 

city game won't affect us now, theres still 3 games left before thats played. If Insigne cannot make it (don't want to risk him), then I'd prefer Ounas there instead of zielinski. Zielinski needs to find his form at cm first before he can take on other positions.

 

I dont think Sarri will risk Ounas though, it will be rog or piotr i think

 

Napoli: Reina; Hysaj, Albiol, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Allan, Jorginho, Hamsik; Callejon, Mertens, Insigne

Napoli bench: Rafael, Sepe, Rui, Maggio, Giaccherini, Maksimovic, Zielinski, Chiriches, Rog, Ounas, Diawara

Inter: Handanovic; D’Ambrosio, Skriniar, Miranda, Nagatomo; Vecino, Gagliardini; Candreva, Borja Valero, Perisic; Icardi

Inter bench: Padelli, Berni, Cancelo, Joao Mario, Ranocchia, Karamoh, Santon, Eder, Dalbert, Pinamonti

 

Let' go!

 

mertens and hamsik arent their usual selves, might be because of fitness levels. :-/

 

Hysaj is just awful.

 

We have to be more aggresive without the ball and more patient with it.. we've had the chances but Handanovic is the best keeper in the league.

 

Can you say the same after the half, though? He has picked up his pace and he's been good so far, I would even dare say that he's been our best midfielder so far tonight. Insigne had a chance of gold there.

 

I like this song they play at halftime lol

 

Inter as always. Just ride their luck. It worked for them against Roma and Milan.

Good game. Team lacks sharpness.

Mertens needs off. The guy has lost his sharpness. He needs a break. Has been poo the last few games.

Insigne also does not look fully fit.

I think Callejon damaged his knee. So looks like another injury.

Jorginho is just a pleasure to watch.

Allan could be wold class but hee needs to use his brain. His head is always down and often instead of passing he runs into unnecessary challenges.

Hamsik did improve.

Hysaj really adds nothing.

Ghollum is becoming wold class.

I don’t know where a goal is coming from.

 

He really improved.

But Jorginho is bar our best midfielder. He is the best in the world right now.

 

All in all not a horrible half.

 

That pass was the first 'world-class' moment I've seen from him for a while. He needs to keep producing those type of assists that others don't see to go back to his best level