Our prediction for this Italy Super Cup match:
Napoli
Match Time & Date:
18/01/2024
20:00
Prediction: 1-1
Fiorentina
A place in the Italian Super Cup final will be at stake when Napoli and Fiorentina take on each other at KSU Stadium in Riyadh on Thursday evening. Despite failing to impress against Salernitana, the Neapolitans eventually won the match thanks to Amir Rrahmani’s late goal and they now want to give fans yet another reason to celebrate. Both Victor Osimhen and Zambo Anguissa are on international duty, while all Alex Meret, Natan Souza, and Mathias Olivera remain in the recovery room.
The Viola, on the other hand, came from behind to share the spoils with Udinese in their last league match. Fiorentina and Napoli seem to be evenly matched at the moment and, taking everything into account, we predict that the winner will be decided after extra-time or penalties. Christian Kouame is representing Ivory Coast at the Africa Cup of Nations, while all Nicolas Gonzalez, Dodo, and Gaetano Castrovilli continue to miss out with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Giovanni Simeone):
Giovanni Simeone is a product of River Plate football academy. Simeone played for los Millonarios at senior level from 2014 to 2016 and he moved to Genoa in the summer of 2016. The former River Plate man scored his first goal for the club in a 1-1 draw with Pescara on September 25, 2016 and two months later he scored a brace in a 3-1 victory over Serie A giants Juventus.
The prolific attacker netted 12 goals in 35 matches for the Rossoblu in the 2016/2017 Serie A campaign and, as a result, Fiorentina chiefs decided to sign him at the end of the season. The son of Atletico Madrid boss Diego joined the Viola on a five-year contract. Giovanni was born in Madrid on July 5, 1995 and due to his dual citizenship, he is eligible to represent both Argentina and Spain at senior level.
It has to be noted that he scored 12 goals in 12 appearances for the Argentina U20 team and he helped La Albiceleste win the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship.
Highlighted Team (Fiorentina):
AC Fiorentina was founded on 29th of August in 1926 after a fusion between Libertas and CS Firenze. Currently Fiorentina is playing his home games in the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence which can accommodate 47282 supporters. The stadium was build in 1931 by Pier Luigi Nervi. De first prize ever won by Fiorentina was the CoppaItalia in the season of 1939/1940. The first Scudetto (name for the Serie A title) was in 1955/1956. One of the most important players in that season was the Brazilian Juninho. In 1996 he was rewarded as the best player in club history.
One year later Fiorentina lost the semi finals in the European Cup 1 against Real Madrid. During that period of time Fiorentina won the Europan Cup 2 against Glasgow Rangers and the Coppa Italia as well. In total Fiorentina won the league title twice.
Important football players that played for Fiorentina are: Batistuta, Baggio, Effenberg, Laudrup, Mijatovic and Rui Costa.
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