Napoli, Meret out with fatigue: Milinkovic-Savic set for debut! | OneFootball

Napoli loses Alex Meret in the warm-up of the match in Florence. It will be Milinkovic-Savic's debut between the posts for his first official game with the blues. Now it remains to be seen how long the recovery time will be, since on Wednesday the blues will be in Manchester for the prestigious Champions League away game against Pep Guardiola's City.

Problems for Conte: Meret out. Milinkovic-Savic in his place

When reading the line-ups, one might have thought that it was a choice made to preserve the player for the clash against Manchester City, but the reason is exactly the opposite. Alex Meret will not be in Fiorentina-Napoli, replaced between the posts by Milinkovic-Savic. The Friulian goalkeeper suffered muscle fatigue during the warm-up of the match in Florence and will therefore not even be available from the bench. The only alternative to the Serbian goalkeeper is the young Ferrante, given also the unavailability of Contini, due to a finger fracture suffered in training.

This is bad news for Antonio Conte who loses his trusted goalkeeper on the occasion of an important match, despite having a player as reliable as Milinkovic-Savic. Now it remains to be seen when the number 1 blue will return, since on Wednesday there will be the debut in the Champions against Guardiola's City, and the coach from Lecce was hoping to be able to count on the goalkeeper who won two Scudetti with the Napoli shirt.

OFFICIAL LINE-UP

NAPOLI (4-1-4-1): Milinkovic-Savic; Di Lorenzo, Beukema, Buongiorno, Spinazzola; Lobotka; Politano, Anguissa, De Bruyne, McTominay; Hojlund. Available: Ferrante, Gutierrez, Juan Jesus, Olivera, Elmas, Vergara, Lucca, Mazzocchi, Marianucci, Ambrosino, Lang. Coach: Antonio Conte.

Francesco Landi

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