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Callejon and Mertens: the sarristi of Napoli ready for the Stadium
The two made sparks in Florence and now they are ready to repeat themselves against the former coach: on Saturday against Juve they will find the leader of many battles
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
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Napoli does not leave, doubles. The challenge to CR7 is arduous for anyone, but the Azzurri are ready to oppose JC7, in the century José Callejon and Dries Mertens, respectively shirt 7 and 14, which in the city of grimace constitutes a great room with the 24 of Insigne: with these numbers Naples he dug out of Florence and plans to double in Turin, a difficult but not impossible undertaking. Among the tactical weapons available to the technician Carlo Ancelotti, the strange contracting couple, instead of souring like a yogurt, offers always interesting plays and solutions.

FEELINGS - After all, Napoli should start again from the approach in the first twenty minutes of last September's match at Juventus stadium. Then the Azzurri went straight ahead: Allan who steals the ball and serves in Callejon in depth, a touch of first unmarked for Mertens who supports the net. Then Cristiano Ronaldo broke out and finished 3-1, although it must be emphasized that in four games against Napoli, between Real Madrid and Juve, the Portuguese champion never managed to score. And this could give self-esteem to a defense that did not appear to be flawless in Florence. But let's go back to the strange Hispanic-Belgian couple, who managed to get Lorenzo Insigne even in the lead last Saturday.

NO TV TEST - The goal of the 4-3 is really very nice with three men against 6 defenders who touch the ball before and with three touches they score so perfectly that they even look easy. Go and review that action, for pure enjoyment, but also to note that these are movements and plays that Napoli has used for three years, exalted in the game by Maurizio Sarri. Carlo Ancelotti, as an intelligent person, gave the Azzurri his own footprint, but he never dreamed of damaging the wealth of knowledge and understanding acquired by his players in previous years. A heritage that has enhanced, for example, adding the option of shooting from the outside, almost unknown in the way of playing of the current Juventus coach. As if to say that the Juventus team that still cannot logically be a sarrista brand, risks being put on the ropes by a team that has been left behind, that is, in the sense of looking for the game in triangulation of the first, now also joined to a greater depth desired by Ancelotti. Which will rely precisely on Callejon and Mertens, waiting to see if Arek Milik will recover physically and mentally from a delicate period and to verify that he will have Hirving Lozano, who yesterday completed his bureaucratic procedure in the Netherlands, returning in time for the 'afternoon training (today the official presentation). The inventions of the two can be decisive in the last 25 meters.

And Dries Mertens, as well as for his fine goal, ended up in the post-game chronicles for the penalty he "got" to the limits of the simulation. As was to be expected there will be no use of the television test, given that the Var had also spoken out over the referee, both of them missing because there was no penalty. For his part, the Belgian avoided any controversy and his post on Instagram yesterday, dedicated to his Juliette, on World Dog Day, was filled with provocations and insults to which he did not respond.

José María CALLEJON

Spain

Dries MERTENS

Belgium