One last effort to complete poker. After the qualifiers of Juventus and Rome, it's up to Inter and Napoli to try to snatch the pass for the round of XNUMX with a game to spare, for what would be an extraordinary European en plein. It must be said that the mission is not easy but trying, at this point, is even a duty.
The key match is undoubtedly that of Inter, awaited from the very insidious away match in London against Tottenham. Wembley will be an evening for strong hearts: the Nerazzurri can play with two results out of three available while the Spurs must win at all costs. It is therefore reasonable to expect an assault on the Pochettino's white weapon, with the Spalletti's called to a real maturity exam.
"We play against a very strong team, as we saw against Chelsea on Saturday - the Nerazzurri coach analyzes - But we are Inter and we will try to play it with a careful and orderly match, aware that any qualification would give us enthusiasm enormous, which we would then carry with us over time”.
The prestigious round-of-XNUMX goal is just one point away, yet the games are far from done. Spalletti also knows that the next two championship games will also pass from this match: it is one thing to face the away games in Rome and Turin with a free head, another is to do it knowing that the "final" with PSV would then arrive.
Qualifying one round early is therefore a priority, which is why Spalletti will field the best Inter possible with a 4-2-3-1 that will see Handanovic in goal, D'Ambrosio, De Vrij, Skriniar and Asamoah in defence, Brozovic and Vecino in midfield, Politano, Nainggolan and Perisic in the frontline, Icardi in attack. The same game system also for Tottenham, who have decided to go all out with Lloris in goal, Aurier, Foyth, Alderweireld and Davies in the back, Dier and Sissoko in the midfield, Eriksen, Alli and Son in support of the lone striker kane.
A lot of anticipation even in the Napoli home, where the feeling of the match point is palpable. Beating Red Star would mean closing the qualifying games, even mathematically if PSG fails to beat Liverpool.
Optimal scenario for those who, on the day of the draw, were given up for dead and who instead, in the light of the path covered so far, can grab the round of 0 with a round to spare, and moreover as first in the group. All of this, however, depends on the victory against Red Star: feasible, God forbid, yet the specter of Chievo (and of the 0-XNUMX draw in Belgrade) still hovers in the air.
“At this point, if we don't go through, we're c…. – thundered Ancelotti – I think many are surprised by the fact that we are competing with teams of the highest level, up to this point we have been a surprise and we would be even more so if we failed to qualify”.
Concept that does not allow for replies that expressed by the blue coach, determined to cancel the draw with Chievo with 3 points that would give the Champions League round of 4. Against Red Star it will be 4-2-XNUMX with Ospina in goal, Hysaj, Albiol, Koulibaly and Mario Rui in defense, Callejon, Allan, Hamsik and Fabian Ruiz in midfield, Mertens and Insigne in attack.
An orderly 4-2-3-1 for Milojevic, who will try to keep the group open with Borjan in goal, Stojkovic, Degenek, Savic and Rodic in the back, Jovancic and Krsticic in the midfield, Srnic, Simic and Marin at shoulders of lone striker Ben Nabouhane.
