In tonight’s encounter against Genoa, Alexis Sanchez is anticipated to form a striking partnership with Lautaro Martinez in Inter’s offensive lineup. With a potential victory, the Nerazzurri could extend their lead at the summit of the Serie A table to 15 points over second-placed Juventus, following Juventus’ recent 2-1 defeat to Napoli.
However, Simone Inzaghi’s tactical decisions are somewhat constrained due to the suspension of Alessandro Bastoni and the injuries to Juan Cuadrado, Stefano Sensi, and Hakan Calhanoglu. Despite Marcus Thuram’s availability, he is slated to begin the match on the substitutes’ bench, allowing space for Sanchez and Lautaro to lead the attacking line.
In defense, Carlos Augusto is set to deputize for the absent Bastoni within a three-man defensive setup alongside Stefan de Vrij and Benjamin Pavard.
Genoa, on the other hand, will feature Italy international Mateo Retegui and their top scorer, Albert Gudmundsson, in their attacking formation. Former AC Milan player Junior Messias is favored to occupy the central midfield role ahead of Ruslan Malinovskyi.
Among the Grifone ranks, only Ridgeciano Haps, Alan Matturro, and David Ankeye are side.
“We are done with DAZN; we’ll only talk to Sky and Rai,” said the Napoli owner.
De Laurentiis expressed vehement displeasure prior to the commencement of the match when he was inadvertently captured on camera within the tunnel. However, as per insights provided by La Repubblica journalist Marco Azzi, this incident does not solely precipitate De Laurentiis’s decision to disallow his players from engaging with DAZN.
In a recent communication on X (formerly known as Twitter), Azzi revealed that ADL is incensed with the Italian broadcasters for scheduling a Napoli home fixture against Atalanta on March 30 at 11:30 GMT, coinciding with the eve of Easter.
Contrary to this, Tuttosport contends that the match must proceed on March 30 due to Atalanta’s commitments in the Europa League. ADL’s preference, as per Tuttosport, was to reschedule the game for April 1, thereby affording coach Francesco Calzona additional time to prepare, given his concurrent duties with the Slovakia national team during the international break.
DAZN broadcasts all ten Serie A games each weekend and has recently won domestic TV rights for Serie A until 2029.