Sunday's opponent: the Napoli.

Gattuso deploys 4231, which can also be read as 433. They play both horizontal attack (which they prefer) and vertical, do well and suffer pressure, but have a good defense (perhaps not a good defensive phase, in the sense that the midfielders are not well suited to the defensive phase).

The midfield. Fabian Ruiz (left) and Zielinski (both) go forward in pressing and offensive play, especially to fight for high balls when Osimhen is not playing. Fabian Ruiz also fits in (even with dribbling), but the most attacking midfielder is Zielinski. In the midfield battle, our ball recovery and offensive proposal will be important.

The attack phase. They press with 5/7 men on our building. Whether with the 3 small ones in front or with Osimhen (right) central striker, if we are good, we will be able to win the ball in the good area for us, because they either have to play the ball on the ground in the construction or in any case with Osimhen do not have a typical central striker., good back to the door. Osimhen is dangerous when he receives the ball on the run (in particular on a long pass on the break), when he receives the ball from a standstill, especially with his back to the goal, we can easily anticipate him. Insigne (right, but also good with the left) often goes from left to center to shoot right, while Politano goes from right to center to shoot left.

The construction. The point guard is Demme, while Koulibaly is not very good at construction. The African tries every now and then, but his strong point is the defensive phase and the header on corner kicks. They can build directly with Ospina, the goalkeeper, paradoxically better than Koulibaly in this fundamental.

When you play well, win and pass a round in Europe, then it is natural that you can (and must) play with more motivation, more awareness and more mentality in Serie A even with a difficult opponent like Napoli. Let's go win. Daje Roma!

Giordano Sepi