ROME: After their Champions League exit, Napoli’s season is teetering on the edge — with a mounting injury list and a growing gap to Serie A leaders Inter Milan — but Saturday’s home clash against strugglers Fiorentina offers them a chance to steady the ship.
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Eliminated from Europe following a 3-2 home defeat by Chelsea on Wednesday, Serie A champions Napoli may benefit from a less gruelling schedule, but coach Antonio Conte is unlikely to see the silver lining with his side dealing with multiple injury absences.
While Conte has recently welcomed Romelu Lukaku back from a long-term injury, Kevin De Bruyne, Billy Gilmour, David Neres, Matteo Politano, Amir Rrahmani, Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa and Vanja Milinkovic-Savic are all sidelined.
“I’ve never seen a situation like this anywhere in the world, we have only 13 outfield players available, and Lukaku has at most 15 minutes in his legs,” Conte, whose side are nine points adrift of Inter, said.
