Nuno Tavares makes Lazio squad for Napoli clash at the Maradona
A hamstring scare on Lazio's left flank comes to nothing, and Marusic and Rovella return too. Zaccagni and Gudmundsson stay out.
Nuno Tavares is fit. The hamstring fatigue that had left him a doubt has not stopped him, and Gattuso has named him in the Lazio squad for Napoli-Lazio at the Maradona on Sunday 8 November, kick-off 12:30 CET (11:30 UK, 06:30 ET). Marusic and Rovella are also back. Zaccagni, out for about a month, and Gudmundsson miss out.
The defenders called up are Doekhi, Floriani, Lazzari, Leite, Marusic, Pedraza, Pellegrini, Provstgaard, Šutalo and Tavares. In midfield are Belahyane, Cataldi, Dele-Bashiru, Farcomeni, Frattesi, Przyborek, Rovella and Taylor. On Saturday 7 November the league leaders' left side looked short of bodies. Now it has a man back.
Read also Only €2.8m of Napoli's €43.9m Champions League income came from results
Napoli are going the other way. Nine players are out, among them Di Lorenzo and Olivera, and Marianucci is suspended. In Porto the flanks were covered by Politano and Lang, both playing out of position. It was the Porto game, at the Dragão, that Gattuso had pointed to when he called Napoli's bench their weak spot.
Lazio arrive unbeaten on 28 points. Napoli are tenth on 14, after the 2-0 in Turin and the 4-1 in Porto. Their bench is filling up while ours empties.
Source: AreaNapoli
Leggi questa notizia in italiano →
Related
Maradona turnstiles open at 10:00 for Napoli-Lazio, with gates reserved for season-ticket holders
Di Canio says Napoli are at the end of a cycle, and he has a point
Hundreds of Lazio fans see off unbeaten leaders at Rome's Termini station
