There are just over 24 hours for Anoeta to live one of those big games. Of those that are remembered with the passage of time. La Real, solo leader of the First Division, will host Napoli tomorrow in Anoeta Gennaro Gattuso, currently second-placed in Serie A and one of the top candidates to win the Europa League next May in Gdansk. Both teams arrive in an upward dynamic. With perfectly greased machinery. They both know what it's like to win leagues. The partenopeo team arrives in Donostia after winning and thrashing in four games while only losing to Juventus for not being able to leave their region due to the pandemic. If the txuri urdin win they will leave Napoli on the ropes after their loss to AZ in San Paolo.
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Uzquiano, analyst and international football commentator at Movistar Plus. “It may be the most attractive match of the entire group stage of the Europa League,” he says in conversation with this newspaper. La Real will meet in the temple of Amara “with a team that modifies its scheme depending on the rival and I think it will change the way they play since they play against Real”, slides Uzquiano. The LaLiga leader commands respect.
A more conservative Naples is presumed: “Last year I played with 1-4-2-3-1 with Mertens in the midpoint and there were four attackers, but I think that in Donostia Gattuso He will opt for a 1-4-3-3 to reinforce the center of the field ”. With the former Milan, the maxim that the coaches are the same as how they played does not apply. “His Napoli is not a defensive team nor is it going to lock itself back, it has a cheerful and showy game.” In any case, there are non-negotiable aspects: “It is clear that being trained by GattusoTheir players are intense, tough and aggressive, but in Italy the teams fall back on them and they have no choice but to lead the game ”, he remarks.
It is the most chameleonic Naples of recent years: “Last season in the Champions League we saw more than one face. He came out to dominate some games in a whirlwind, but he could also lock himself back like at the Camp Nou and do damage with his quick transitions. His main weapon is the overflow and speed of Osihmen, Distinguished Y Mertens”, Warns the analyst.
Having Real as an opponent, he may opt more for that second version, although without being a defensive team: “Gattuso he knows how Real plays and I don't think Anoeta will go out and try to steal possession because the txuri urdin midfield has more quality ”. In addition, Naples also “is comfortable waiting and then go on the counterattack.” It has nothing to do with that Naples of Maradona league winner: “He's a big run down but he has a squad”. Anoeta is already prepared for battle. The train crash is here and the Real does not want to derail.