A day of rest and then back to hard work. Napoli will resume preparation today at the Castel Volturno sports center, in view of the championship match scheduled for Saturday at Maradona against Lecce, injured by the scuppola suffered at home by Fiorentina and by the fans’ chant “Shame on you”. It will be a game that is anything but predictable, because when you face injured teams it’s always difficult. But the Serie A leaders must continue to win and above all return to convincing, given the fact that they certainly didn’t shine against Empoli.
And for Antonio Conte – writes the Corriere dello Sport – two pieces of good news arrive regarding training, starting with the most important one linked to Alex Meret: the goalkeeper has been out since the match in Turin with Juventus, due to a muscle problem suffered in the first 45 minutes, but the time is ripe for his return. Of course, Caprile defended the blue posts well, but the hierarchies have not changed and Meret is ready to regain his place already against Lecce.
However, it will be missing Stanislav Lobotka: the director has already missed Empoli due to a left thigh injury suffered last week with the Slovak national team in Nations and for the moment he also remains in doubt for Milan. The return from the first minute is a given Mathias Olivera in defence: he returned a little tired from his commitments with Uruguay, but when he took over he proved to be in good shape.