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Gennaro Gattuso in a match of Napoli in the Serie A

POSSIBLE ABSENCE OF INSIGNE

Naples' plan against FC Barcelona in the Champions League

Published:3/08/2020 - 22:56h

Updated:3/08/2020 - 23:41h

The Naples could see without Lorenzo Insigne of face to the party of Champions League against the FC Barcelona, but Gennaro Gattuso has alternative

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To finals of the past month of February and still without knowing that a pandemia would force to the world of the football to detain during three months, the FC Barcelona against the Naples carried a tie of Saint Paolo (1-1) in the party of gone of the eighth of final of the Champions League. The Italians were better and advanced by mediation of Dries Mertens, but Antoine Griezmann put the tables in one of the few occasions of the culés.

This next Saturday will take place in the Camp Nou the denouement of the eliminatory, that will be key so that the FC Barcelona can try 'save' the season winning the note to the final to eight teams that will take place in Portugal this same month of August. The Naples, that has been to very good level since they restarted the competitions, will try to avoid that the culés happen to quarter-finals.

Of face to the party, Gennaro Gattuso could have a very important drop: the one of his captain, Lorenzo Insigne. According to the informations desveladas by 'Il Mattino', the Italian extreme subjected to a magnetic resonance that revealed that it suffers an inflammation in the insertion of the adductor. Still it is not descartado and has options to recover to time, but logically can not ensure his presence in the duel.

It is thus that Gennaro Gattuso already would have an alternative plan in case finally Lorenzo Insigne is drop for the party of the Camp Nou or, as badly lower, is not to the one hundred by one hundred as to jump to the lawn in the eleven headline. And this plan has name and surnames: Hirving Lozano. The Mexican forward has gone obtaining prominence in the second stretch of season and posits like alternative to the Italian.

On what there is not any type of doubts is on the intention of Gennaro Gattuso to go to win the party, since it knows that it needs to win to happen of round. Dries Mertens, the goleador of the gone, will be the maximum threat of the FC Barcelona, whereas Lorenzo Insigne looks forward to to arrive to time for the party. But Hirving Lozano keeps on being a plan B very powerful for the Italians.

The FC Barcelona, favourite

To day of today, the FC Barcelona seems the big favourite to happen the eliminatory and would do it or empatando to zero or winning the meeting by any result. The results of the team of Quique Setién home are a lot better that was, although it is necessary to explain that this time -of the same way that in all the parties after the stop- the public will not be in the Camp Nou to encourage to his players.