Our prediction for this Serie A match:
There will be fireworks when Napoli and AS Roma square off against each other at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in the Derby del Sole. The Partenopei aim to recover from a shocking 1-0 loss to Empoli and a win over Roma will see them keep their Champions League hopes alive. Both Mario Rui and Amir Rrahmani are back from suspension, while defender Mathias Olivera remains on the sidelines with injury.
The Romans, on the other hand, are eager to retain their spot in top five, but given their poor performance in a 3-1 defeat to Bologna, we are tempted to put our money on Francesco Calzona’s troops this time out. To make things even worse for the visiting side, both Leandro Paredes and Diego Llorente are banned for the match, while important attacker Romelu Lukaku misses out with injury. In their last meeting in Naples the Neapolitans defeated the Romans 2-1.
Highlighted Player (Romelu Lukaku):
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Romelu Lukaku Bolingoli, born on 13th of ay 1993 is a Belgian player with roots form Congo. Lukaku played for several youth teams before he got picked up by RSC Anderlecht. After playing for only 2 seasons for Anderlecht Chelsea picked him up for around12 million euro.
Lukaku was never able to get a spot in the starting eleven of Chelsea and after playing for WBA he moved to Everton for approximately 35 million euro.Lukaku made his debut in February 2010 by the age of 16 and is one of the youngest players that player for the highest Belgian national team.
The biggest achievement of Lukakui is winning the Eerste klasse in Belgium and the English FA Cup. With his strength and goal scoring abilities Lukaku can be considered as one of the deadliest strikers of the world. Nicknames for Lukaku are Big Rom and the Tank.
Highlighted Team (Napoli):
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SSC Napoli is an Italian football club from the city of Naples which is playing currently in the Serie A. The club was founded officially in 1926 but the history from Napoli reaches back to 1904 with the club Naples Foot-Ball & Cricket Club that fused with Internazionale Napoli and was called FBC Internaples.
After 4 seasons the club changed its name to SSC Napoli (Societa Sportiva Calcio).
In the end of the eighties Napoli had the biggest success in the club history with the Argentinian legend Diego Maradona. Diego Maradona was able to win the league title twice, the national cup and the UEFA cup. The moment Maradona left the club Napoli got into big financial trouble.
In 2004 the local club was bankrupt. Despite the help of financial investors the club got regulated to the Serie C. After 6 years of playing in lower divisions Napoli managed to get back in the Serie A in season 2007/2008. Famous players that played for the club from Naples are: Maradona, Zola, Cavani, Blanc, Di Canio, Cannavaro.