Coppa Italia Final Preview: Napoli V Juventus
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سه شنبه Twenty-four 27 خرداد 1399 24 شماره 6504 روزنامه ورزشی صبح ایران صاحب امتیاز: خبرگزاری جمهوری اسالمی مدیرمسئول: علی عالی تلفن: 14 ــ 88504113 نمابر: 84711173 سازمان آگهیها: 1877ــ 88501300 ــ88746583 انتشارات: 5 و 88548892 امور مشترکین: 88748800 ــ 88521954 نشانی: تهران، خیابان خرمشهر، شماره 208 / صندوق پستی 5388-15875 چاپ: ایرانیان [email protected] Coppa Italia final preview: Napoli v Juventus Sportskeeda - Napoli and Juventus prepare to lock equal Roberto Mancini›s record of six Coppa Italia horns in the Coppa Italia final at the Stadio Olimpico, victories. as they look set to battle it out for the first trophy on offer this season. Both sides are coming on the back Napoli News of draws in the second leg of the semi-final, as they Napoli will be without semi-final hero David Ospina booked a place in Rome under nervy circumstances. for the showdown against Juventus. The Colombian While Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus played out a goalkeeper picked up a yellow card in the encounter 0-0 draw against AC Milan at the Allianz Stadium, Na- against Inter and will be forced to watch from the poli came from behind to salvage a 1-1 draw at home sidelines, as Alex Meret prepares to deputize for him against Inter Milan to make it through to the final. in the starting XI. Napoli are looking for their first Coppa Italia crown Gennaro Gattuso is also sweating over the fitness since 2014 and have their work cut out for them of Kostas Manolas and Kevin Malcuit, who were against the Bianconeri, who are competing on all also missing for the second leg of the semi-final last fronts this season. week. Nevertheless, the Italian has a strong squad to Maurizio Sarri and Gonzalo Higuain were previously choose from and is expected to name a similar lineup on the books of Gli Azzurri and will look to get one to the one that faced Inter. over their former teams when the two teams do bat- tle in Rome. Juventus News With a goal against Inter, Dries Mertens became the Aside from Giorgio Chiellini and Aaron Ramsey, Mau- all-time top scorer in Napoli›s history, a record that rizio Sarri has a fully fit squad at his disposal and was previously held by former club captain Marek will be aiming to win his first trophy in the Italian Hamsik. Speaking of goalscorers, Cristiano Ronaldo top-flight. Gianluigi Buffon will continue between the will look to bounce back from his lacklustre perfor- sticks for Juventus but Juan Cuadrado could replace mance against the Rossoneri and spearhead the Ju- Danilo in the right-back position. ventus to their fifth Coppa Italia trophy in six years. Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty and was off-col- our by his standards against AC Milan. However, the Napoli v Juventus Head-to-Head Portuguese hitman will look to bounce back and Juventus (13) have won the Coppa Italian more times spearhead his side to the Coppa Italia crown. than any other team in the history of the competition. Douglas Costa and Paulo Dybala stared either side Gianluigi Buffon has won the competition five times of the 35-year-old in the semi-final and Juventus are over the course of his glittering career. However, with expected to name the same forward line this time a victory against Napoli, the veteran goalkeeper can around. Every Atletico Madrid game is now a final, Mbappe needs to leave PSG to dominate admits Simeone after latest draw world football – Modric Goal - The Spaniards remain alive in the Champi- Simeone told reporters, after watching Diego The French phenom needs to leave his home ing five assists. ons League but their top-four domestic hopes now Costa find a quickfire response to Iker Muniain›s country in order to take his standing to the next When asked about this future, the Croatian hang by a thread. opener. level, says the Los Blancos star. international was adamant he had a couple Diego Simeone challenged his Atletico Madrid «The goal came, the reaction, after a very well-con- Kylian Mbappe needs to leave Paris Saint-Ger- of seasons left at a high level and hinted he players to treat every remaining La Liga match structed play. main to reach the level of dominance his po- would like to coach with his national team one like a final after a 1-1 draw at Athletic Bilbao hin- «In the second half we were closer to that victory. tential suggests, according to Real Madrid star day. dered their top-four hopes. Santiago Arias› chance was the clearest. He could Luka Modric. «I›m sure I can play at a high level for two more Throughout his eight-and-a-half-year tenure, Sim- have allow us to take the victory in a stadium The France World Cup winner has been consist- years, then we›ll see,» Modric said. eone has expanded Spain›s big two to a big three where you always have to work to win. ently linked with a transfer to Spain›s capital «I would like to end my career at Real, but it will – most notably when Atleti pipped Barcelona and «We have one final left in each match.» with countryman Zinedine Zidane currently in also depend on the club. Real Madrid to the title in 2013-14. Simeone picked two-goal Anfield hero Marcos charge of the La Liga giants. «Of course, I›ll do the coaching course. For us, However, they lie sixth in the standings after Sat- Llorente in an advanced role behind Costa, leav- However, PSG›s sporting director Leonardo re- the national team is a feeling above football, urday›s stalemate at San Mames, with a 13th top- ing striker Alvaro Morata on the bench until the futed claims of Mbappe›s rumoured departure, both as a player and as a coach I›d be honored flight draw this season setting an unwanted club 63rd minute. claiming the club will be looking to secure the to be there». record. Nevertheless, the Atleti boss would not rule 21-year-old›s future in Paris. Modric learned plenty off former team-mate In their previous competitive match before the out pairing them as a front two in future, with a Modric believes Mbappe has the ability to Cristiano Ronaldo, with the duo playing six sea- coronavirus shutdown, Atletico sensationally Wednesday trip to Osasuna in La Liga on the agen- reach the top of the game as an individual, but sons together at the Bernabeu. dumped holders Liverpool out of the Champions da. feels he can only get there if he moves to a He admitted that Real had missed their ex-su- League to reach the quarter-finals. «Seeing what I see and knowing the squad, I inter- league with more competition. perstar since his departure to Juventus in 2018 However, their participation in next season›s com- preted this situation to be like this today,» he said. «Mbappé has everything to dominate the and was full of praise for the Portugal attacker. petition is far from assured and fourth-placed «Over time, they will be able to coexist. We under- scene,» Modric told La Gazzetta dello Sport. «Talking about [Ronaldo›s ability] seems trivial Real Sociedad could open up a three-point advan- stood that Marcos could give us some incision like «But I think that to make the leap in quality he to me: he is among the best ever,» Modric said. tage when they host Osasuna later on Sunday. he did, with some sprints, some passes and the needs to go to a championship in which his «We missed his goals and character at Real: «The aim for the two teams was to always try to dirty work.» team does not win so easily.» Cristiano always wants to win, he motivated us win, we started well in the first 10 minutes, then Elsewhere in La Liga on Sunday, Atletico›s rivals Modric - the 2018 Ballon d›Or winner - turns 35 and made us react. they positioned themselves better and they won Real Madrid claimed a 3-1 win against Eibar to in September but has played 35 matches for «As a person then he is a 10 - he has a big heart the second ball and they did not let us attack,» remain second. Real this season, scoring five goals and creat- and is always ready to help those in need.».