On Thursday evening, at 9pm, the Naples will face Palermo in the Coppa Italia match and that, according to the Sports Courierit will be the right opportunity to see in action those blue footballers who have been little used by Antonio Conte up to now.
According to the newspaper, the changes compared to the last championship match against Juventus could be as many as 10, a way to evaluate other players compared to the starters at the beginning of the season and to give prestige to the important reinforcement campaign carried out by Aurelio De Laurentiis in the summer. All with a 4-man defense as a starting point.
Caprile will be in goal, given Meret’s injury that will keep him out for about a month. In defense, Mazzocchi and Spinazzola will be on the wings, with Juan Jesus and debutant Rafa Marin in the center. In the middle, Gilmour will be paired with one between Lobotka and Folorunsho, while up front, Ngonge, Neres and Raspadori will have chances to support Cholito Simeone. There are still two days of training to go, but everything suggests this sort of radical rotation by the former Inter and Juventus coach, who will thus give those players who have been most busy so far a rest in view of the resumption of the championship on Sunday against Monza, once again inside the friendly walls of the Maradona, when those eleven who increasingly seem to be Conte’s new starters will return from the start.