‘Kvaradona’ ready to resume Napoli’s Serie A title chase
FILE - Napoli's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia celebrates scoring their side's third goal of the game during the group A Champions League soccer match between Napoli and Ajax at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Oct. 12, 2022. When the Italian league resumes Wednesday Jan. 4, 2022 with a full slate of 10 games and Napoli visiting Inter Milan at the San Siro, the unbeaten Napoli are likely going to need another big contribution from Kvaratskhelia to kick off a potentially decisive five-game stretch that also includes matches against Juventus and Roma, plus a regional derby with Salernitana. (Alessandro Garofalo/LaPresse via AP, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Alessandro Garofalo]
ROME (AP) — Serie A resumes with a full slate of 10 games following a 7 1/2-week break for the World Cup. Unbeaten Napoli takes an eight-point lead into a visit to Inter Milan at the San Siro. Napoli forwards Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Victor Osimhen should be fresh since they didn’t go to the World Cup. Defending champion AC Milan also resumes on the road at Salernitana. Scandal-ridden Juventus plays at relegation-threatened Cremonese. Spanish defender Pablo Marí is slated to be back on Monza’s bench after recovering from a knife attack at a shopping center in October sooner than expected.
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France's goalkeeper Hugo Lloris makes a save in front of Argentina's Lautaro Martinez, eight, during the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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