Napoli were thrown into an “indefinite” training retreat by the club and failure to beat Fiorentina could spell disaster.
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Rafa Benitez had fans begging for him to stay on another season, but after sliding down to sixth place and crashing out of the Coppa Italia semi-final to Lazio, they’re wondering if he’ll see out this campaign.
Napoli were thrown into an “indefinite” training retreat by the club and failure to beat Fiorentina could spell disaster.
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Rafa Benitez had fans begging for him to stay on another season, but after sliding down to sixth place and crashing out of the Coppa Italia semi-final to Lazio, they’re wondering if he’ll see out this campaign.
President Aurelio De Laurentiis vented his fury at the squad, throwing them into a training retreat “indefinitely” after what he called “some squalid performances unworthy of Napoli.”
This is an extremely tough test, as Fiorentina are also in the running for European qualification and have a point to prove after their 3-0 home Coppa Italia defeat to Juventus.
Vincenzo Montella returns to face his hometown club and won this fixture 1-0 last season, but that was Napoli’s only defeat to the Viola in their last six competitive encounters.
Squad rotation is inevitable, as both sides have Europa League quarter-finals coming up on Thursday, but the injury list has at least dissipated with only Michu and Giuseppe Rossi really missing.
Rested for the Europa League quarter-finals are Mati Fernandez, Gonzalo Rodriguez, David Pizarro, Joaquin and Mario Gomez.
Napoli: Andujar; Maggio, Albiol, Koulibaly, Strinic; David Lopez, Gargano; Callejon, Gabbiadini, Mertens; Higuain
Napoli bench: Rafael, Contini, Henrique, De Guzman, Jorginho, Mesto, Hamsik, Zuniga, Insigne, Ghoulam, Inler, Duvan Zapata
Fiorentina: Neto, Richards, Badelj, Vargas, Savic, Kurtic, Basanta, Borja Valero, Pasqual, Ilicic, Salah
Fiorentina bench: Rosati, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Pizarro, Gilardino, Aquilani, Mati Fernandez, Joaquin, Diamanti, Alonso, Gomez, Rosi, Tomovic