Napoli-Torino, doubtful 3-5-2 or 4-4-2. But the certainty will be the Lukaku-Raspadori pairing

Naples, 25 April 2025 - The euphoria over the many good news gathered from the previous round of Serie A, for the Napoli, now at the top of the table with equal points withInter at altitude 71 points, it's time to think about the future and that calendar which, on paper, is easier than that of our rivals. The first stage is called Turin, team placed exactly in the middle of the table and therefore, always in theory, made more docile by the lack of ambitions and various pretensions. But is it really like this? This current of thought is opposed by the antithetical one that instead brings into play the light-heartedness of those who have nothing left to lose: it is valid for the collective, but perhaps even more so for some individuals who, with the summer transfer window just around the corner, are perhaps aiming to show off. As if that were not enough, to further complicate the plans of Antonio Conte the return of the injury emergency is put in some boxes, which could further shuffle the cards at the module level.  

The return of the Lukaku-Raspadori duo

  In the end, the verdict on the conditions of David Neres it has been so negative that the fear of another season ending early as it could be for his compatriot is starting to spread Juan Jesus: distractive lesion of the left soleus and, barring miraculous recoveries, no less than 30 days in the pits. In this case, the problem is that in the meantime the championship would be well and truly over. In theory, the alternatives available to Tale there is no shortage of them but none, for various reasons, seems to be convincing enough: neither Noah okafor, a bit of a 'stopgap' taken in spite of himself to close the gap left open by the farewell of Khvisha KvaratskheliaNor Cyril Ngonge, the all-purpose joker who risks being penalised precisely by these characteristics. If it is true, to quote a famous song, that certain loves take very long turns and then come back, the detachment between Tale and 3-5-2 it was much shorter before the reunion which could happen very soon due to the emergency. Without Neres, in fact, for the Salento coach all the offensive devices seem to be skipped a bit. Not only that. In reality, even the Neres half-service in terms of form in the weeks before the injury had reshuffled the cards in terms of module and, consequently, men. The lifesaver for every need continues to be called 3-5-2, a scheme which among other things the Napoli has shown that it can absorb well and without too many repercussions: especially this one Napoli weblog Tale which does not exactly make spectacle its trademark. If we talk about concreteness, then, the 'award winning company' composed of Romelu Lukaku e James Raspadori offers sufficient guarantees to change the module without too many regrets. Indeed: between side-kicks, assists, goals and mutual help, the Belgian and the Italian do each other so much good that they made us regret the couple when we returned to 4-3-3, although the game has actually benefited from it in the meantime. If Big Rome he continued, albeit intermittently, to communicate with his current partners, the former Sassuolo he has in fact returned to the cellar. At least until the very complicated match of Monza, which was resolved by his play as a substitute, with Scott McTominay to unwrap the little gift wrapped even from the so-so exit of the home goalkeeper Stefano turati.

The positions of McTominay, Di Lorenzo and Politano and the other hypothesis 4-4-2

  The position of the Scot, the real driving force of the Azzurri in particular in recent months, is intriguing in the event of an increasingly probable return to 3-5-2: not without the fear of someone to damage the one who is practically a real factor in the house Napoli. His role would be a hybrid between the classic mezzala and the added winger, for a solution that could be proposed again even if in the end the other hypothesis on the table called 4-4-2. Beware of fearing a downsizing of the performance of McTominay, a professional 'all-rounder' and therefore capable of absorbing the jolts related to positioning on the field better than others. The choice of the defense to deploy against the Turin will also revolve around the conditions of the great ex Alessandro Good morning, which will hardly be risked despite the intentions of the eve. Therefore, in the center forward with Amir Rrahmani e Rafa Marin, the strange couple that will never fully convince but that is proving that in Serie A can coexist: even more so in a phase, this final one of the calendar, not exactly characterized by impossible opponents. Another wild card that is not particularly affected by the changes in the module is Giovanni Di Lorenzo. Either a full-back or a right-hand man, it makes little difference to the captain, as well as to Tale, who does not give it up despite the explicit request, so far still a dead letter, to return to being decisive in the goal area. The duties of could change shortly after Matteo Politano, between an offensive winger and nothing more and a fifth who must also lend a hand in the back, but even in this case the talent and experience of the element in question do not seem to worry the Salento coach. In short, between more or less marked variations of the theme and instead simple details or little more, the Napoli has already shown that he knows how to wear different tactical outfits without feeling particularly affected. Indeed, with the two strikers close together, there has been some improvement in the goal area, a bit of an Achilles heel of the entire season in the face of a defense that is increasingly top of the class. Credit to Lukaku, Breakers but above all the right mix between the two, between experience, youth, physicality and agility. The pair is ready to return to the scene on Sunday evening and it should be so regardless of the use of the 3-5-2 or of 4-4-2. Behind them Tale will mix the cards in one direction or another, but in front of the 'award-winning company' is about to recompose itself and for some this scenario had to happen regardless of the verdicts issued by the infirmary: the last message in this sense was sent by Breakers in person at theU Power Stadium.

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