Another Injury Blow For Napoli Ahead Of Scudetto Showdown Against Inter

Things are about to get really serious for the reigning Serie A champions, Napoli as we prepare to enter the second half of the 2025/26 season and the Naples based club might find themselves seven points behind in the title race unless they’re able to stop the current league leaders and former champions Inter Milan.

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The two sides will clash on Sunday at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium and for Inter, they will be heading into this match full of confidence as they got a 2-0 away win against Parma in their midweek fixture to put some distance between them and the other contenders in the Scudetto race.

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As for the Partenopei, they will be coming into this match in an opposite manner, less confident from their previous result and struggling with injuries. In their last match, they failed to get the better of their opponent at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium against Hellas Verona.

After going down two goals in the first half, they had to claw their way back into the game but could only come out with a point and now, for their next game, to avoid losing more grounds in the title race, they would need to get a win against a bitter rival or at least, not loss.

Meanwhile, that task just got a little bit harder with the latest injury report from the club. According to reports from Italy, David Neres is out of the Napoli squad for tomorrow’s Scudetto showdown with Inter, as he has not recovered from an ankle injury sustained recently.

The former Aja6star limped off with an ankle issue last weekend during the 2-0 victory over Lazio, and he already missed the midweek 2-2 draw with Hellas Verona but It was hoped he would recover in time to at least be on the bench in Milan for this huge game in the title race.

However, Sky Sport Italia report the medical staff gave the thumbs down following the latest tests and Antonio Conte will have to do without the Brazilian and this will be a blow for the club and coach who are still without Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa, Kevin De Bruyne, Billy Gilmour and Romelu Lukaku.

Consequently, Noa Lang and Eljif Elmas are therefore again likely to complete the attack in support of Rasmus Hojlund, while Leonardo Spinazzola should return to the starting XI. On the other hand, a major doubt remains between Juan Jesus and Alessandro Buongiorno in defence.

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As for their manager, he has decided to skip the customary pre-match press conference which is usually held a day before the match as he continues to protest against Referee and VAR decisions going against the team, especially in their last match that saw Hojlund’s goal disallowed for handball.

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