Coppa Italia, Napoli vs. Cagliari: Probable Lineups. The Azzurri face the last-16 challenge.

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Naples, December 2, 2025 – The Coppa Italia, according to a general bad habit, is hardly a priority for teams, regardless of their lineage and the position they occupy in the championship: those who have to save themselves focus all their energies on maintaining their category, while those who fight for the noble positions in the table, between the zone Europe and even the podium with a view of the championship, tends to even further snub the national competition, risking running into unflattering figures. The Napoli, which has a real open account with the round of 16 of Coppa Italia which he hopes to pay off, at least in part, Wednesday 3 December 18, when al Maradona will show up Cagliari in the challenge that in the quarterfinals will put one of Fiorentina e As an.

Probable lineups

Naples (3-4-3)Milinkovic-Savic; Juan Jesus, Rrahmani, Beukema; Mazzocchi, Lobotka, Elmas, Spinazzola; Politano, Lucca, Lang. Coach: Conte Cagliari (3-5-2): Caprile; Zappa, Deiola, Luperto; Palestra, Liteta, Adopo, Folorunsho, Obert; Esposito, Borrelli. Coach: Pisacane

Napoli vs. Cagliari match times and where to watch on TV and streaming.

Napoli-Cagliari (kick-off at 18) will be broadcast live on TV exclusively by Mediaset, On the canal Italy One: streaming also available on portals Mediaset Infinity e Sport Mediaset.

Napoli and the curse of the Coppa Italia round of 16

In this period of time, and that’s not a small amount to sugarcoat the pill, two league titles have arrived in the shadow of Vesuvius, but a serious problem when the round of 16 of the Coppa Italia there is. The disastrous series starts from 2021-2022 season, when the then team of Luciano Spalletti he immediately left the tournament at the hands of Fiorentina. Still under the guidance of the current coach of the Juventus, among other things next opponent in the championship, with a return to Fuorigrotta for the first time as an opponent, in the following year the Napoli he sadly left the scene against the Cremonese. Irony of fate, in Serie A At the end of the season the two teams would have achieved diametrically opposite results: the Azzurri champions and the Lombards relegated. However, football, as we know, moves quickly, especially when it is necessary to try the never simple feat of repeating itself, and so the year after the third championship the Napoli closes sadly in tenth place in the standings, a position that would have had an impact on the path in Coppa Italia of the following season. In these cases, the Coppa Italia, for another common bad habit, could act as a consolation prize, but the team coached by Walter Mazzarri (which he had detected Rudi Garcia and which in turn would later be replaced by Francesco Calzona) would have been eliminated from the Frosinone, corsair to Maradona with a sensational poker. So we arrive at the final act, before the one that tomorrow will decide whether or not the curse of the round of 16 will end. A year ago, due to a strange twist of the calendar, the Napoli he found himself challenging the Lazio within a few days between Coppa Italia and the championship. The result? Two debacles, the first of which, in the national competition, was mitigated by the alibi of the heavy turnover operated by Antonio Conte to preserve the second commitment, which fromOlympic would have moved into the friendly frame of the MaradonaEven the starters of that team that was beginning to dream big in terms of the Scudetto, rightly so, lost to the Biancocelesti, who in turn at that time were nurturing dreams of glory that would instead be dashed along the way. Beyond the epilogue of last season, the main regrets of the Azzurri lay in the fact that they had to play two preliminary rounds starting in the summer, having prevailed over Modena e Palermo (always to Fuorigrotta), following the placing of the previous season: in short, a lot of effort and many changes in physical preparation for nothing, at least with regards to the sole Coppa Italia.

Conte’s choices ahead of Cagliari

If this is the past, the near future will see the Napoli try to dispel the taboo by making a virtue of necessity with a view to a soft turnover in light of the many forced defections: Romelu Lukaku, Kevin de bruyne, Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa, Alex Meret, Billy gilmour e Michael Gutierrez will be out due to injury, as well as the use of David Neres, the man on fire of the moment thanks to 3 goal signed after the break, coming out of the match batteredOlympic decided by his play. He won’t even be there Luca Marianucci, which from the previous adventure in Coppa Italia (closed byEmpoli in the semi-final against Bologna) carries with it the legacy of a disqualification. Therefore, for Tale In many departments the choices are almost obligatory. We start between the posts, where he will still play Vanya Milinkovic-Savic, with Sam Beukema, Amir Rrahmani e Juan Jesus for his protection: on the bands of the now immovable 3-4-3 there will be space for those like Pasquale Mazzocchi e Leonardo Spinazzola In recent times he has been dropped from the rotation, some for technical reasons (the first) and some for previous physical problems (the second). In midfield, at the moment there is no replacement for Stanislav Lobotka, with which the joker will be paired Eljif Diamond, which is a bit like the color black: it goes well with everything and in every season. It will rest Scott McTominay, Antonio Vergara placeholder image who may have overtaken him in the game plan. In attack he will rest Neres, whose conditions however are not worrying in view of the Juventus: on the right there will be Matteo Politano, on the left travels towards the inevitable confirmation Noa lang, while in the center it will be seen again Lorenzo Lucca in place of Rasmus Hojlund. Here, in the context of the excellent moment experienced by the Napoli, a small crack opens: the first dry tips from the 5 Octoberalmost 2 months agoWho knows, maybe the opportunity to unlock the situation will be provided by the Cagliari , Coppa Italia, a taboo that the Napoli hopes to overthrow, while keeping an eye on the championship. Now more than ever.