The battle at the top of the Serie A list is about to kick off! At 1:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 13, the 25th round of serie A will usher in a focus battle, and the leader Inter Milan will challenge the current second-ranked Napoli team away. With only one point apart between the two teams at the moment, this Serie A top battle is destined to be fierce. Especially for the Nerazzurri who played away, due to the unfortunate defeat in the last round of the Milan derby, the team's good situation in Serie A took a sharp turn, and the first battle in this round, Inzaghi Jr. and his disciples, have no way back and must win the game. However, in the face of the menacing Napoli team at home, the difficulties and pressures faced by Inter in this campaign can be imagined. In particular, Inter's record of visiting maradona stadiums in recent years has cast a shadow over the Nerazzurri's prospects.
You must know that in Inter's last 14 Serie A away games against Napoli, the Nerazzurri record is a pitiful 1 win, 5 draws and 8 defeats. The only time the team has beaten Napoli away in Serie A in the last 8 years is in the 2019/20 season, when under Conte' leadership, the Nerazzurri beat Napoli 3-1. It is no exaggeration to say that the Maradona Stadium is the last stadium that Inter's players are willing to face.
Although Napoli's home stadium is difficult to conquer, for Inter Milan, if the team wants to complete the defense this season and embroider a second star on the emblem, the top battle tomorrow morning, the Nerazzurri soldiers must die to the end, and do their best to win this game worth 6 points. Because now the little Inzaghi and his disciples have no way to retreat, as long as they lose to Napoli, then the Nerazzurri will be doomed to suffer a rather tragic result in the Devil's schedule in February (after all, the league loss of two consecutive champions will undoubtedly affect the morale of the team, and Inter will not be able to compete with Liverpool in the Champions League at that time).
For the Nerazzurri players, in the early morning of tomorrow morning, if the team wants to have the last laugh, it must do these two things on the road.
The first point is to put yourself in the right position and hit your opponent. Although Inter are the current Serie A leaders and have given Napoli their first defeat of the season in the first leg of the season, the Nerazzurri players must put themselves in the position of the weak and die in the game in the early morning of tomorrow morning. Especially on the defensive end, the Nerazzurri must first try to ensure that their goals are not lost. As for the game scene is not dominant, even being suppressed by Napoli is actually acceptable. Inter are looking for opportunities to strike back quickly, and as long as they score first, they can add confidence and chips to win on the road.
Second, Martinez had to come forward. As the most expensive star of inter today, the importance of the Argentine striker to the Nerazzurri is self-evident. But Martinez is currently in a goal drought, with the Argentine having not scored in five consecutive Serie A matches, the second longest goal drought of his career. It should be noted that at present, under Inzaghi Jr., the only three forwards available for use are Martinez, Dzeko and Sanchez. Dzeko's advanced age, coupled with the fact that the 35-year-old Bosnian striker has been unproductive in his last seven games against Napoli, has put Inter's scoring responsibility on Martinez. Fortunately, Napoli is the team with the second most goals scored by Martinez in Serie A. The Argentine striker has made four Serie A appearances, with holes passing through napoli's doors. Therefore, in this early morning tomorrow morning, whether Martinez can break the goal drought and score for Inter will likely become the winner of the game.
Whether Inter can beat rivals Napoli away in the serie A top battle in the early morning of tomorrow morning, let's wait and see!