adminFLORENCE. — Napoli face struggling Genoa away in a bid to reclaim top spot in Italy’s Serie A soccer table today, when AC Milan host Sampdoria in the hope of finally kickstarting their disastrous season.Napoli, believed to be the biggest threat to champions Juventus, dropped two precious points in a surprising 1-1 draw at home against basement side Sassuolo on Wednesday.
It came days after the league new boys were thrashed 7-0 at home by Inter Milan and allowed Roma to stretch their lead at the top of the table to two points following their 2-0 away win at Sampdoria.
Despite claiming Napoli did not under-estimate a determined Sassuolo side, coach Rafael Benitez was coy after the game.
“We have to learn from this match,” said the Spaniard. The slip means the Azzurri will head to Genoa, who by today’s game will have met five of the top six teams from last season, extra determined to secure all three points.
Slovakian forward Marek Hamsik, who has scored four goals in five games, said: “It wasn’t a satisying result for us, but now we have to look ahead to Genoa and make amends.”
Having just scraped into the top three at the end of last season, a raft of injuries and some poor displays have seen AC Milan drop to 12th.
Massimiliano Allegri’s side are already 10 points behind Roma and are missing recently-signed playmaker Kaka, who is sidelined with injury, as well as other key players including striker Mario Balotelli.— AFP.
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