Napoli vs. Inter - Preview

Well, I can not avoid this "gift" from the bookmakers this time. I understand that they are Italians, they play tough, maybe the fact that Inter are in incredible form, winning eight matches in a row in all competitions makes those big odds on over 2.5 bet. But, this is Sao Paolo, a place where it\'s not matter if Napoli are in or out of form, they are always highly boosted by their fans and the incredible atmosphere makes the opponent lose their focus. Napoli are always dominating in front of their fans, you can ask whether the big teams from the Seria A or maybe the Citizens, they know well this stadium and I am sure that they will not forget their second match here because they completely lost their ambitious for advancing from the group stage in the Champions league, right here on this field. So, how much motivated will be Walter Mazzari\'s team ahead of this match?

If we see the Seria A table, we can admit that Napoli have lost the step with the table leaders, so their hopes for the title are "dead". Still there is half of the season yet to play and that doesn\'t mean that they will give up just like that, a place in the Champions league will definitely be their main objective. But, the road for the success can be shorter by this Coppa Italia. Only two matches are the distance to the final and this time they have the very previous, crucial factor on their side, home ground. It would be completely different story if this match had to play at Giuseppe Meazza, in that case I would definitely back the home side, but this time I have doubts. 

Firstly because this is only one match and each team will go on a win. In other words, if one team take the lead, esspecially in the first half, that gives no option than attacking for the opponent, something that will leave too much space on their half and a chance for hurting the opponent by the counter attacks. Both teams are good in that, in fact, they are Italians and they usually plays defensively, while looking for their chance on the fast breaks, but this time I think that both teams will make the push to score a goal, and if we see that in the first half, that will be definitely an over match...