Serie A - Team news: Totti out

Eurosport - Sat, 01 Nov 17:00:00 2008

A look ahead to the weekend's action in Serie A, with Roma captain Francesco Totti ruled out of the Giallorossi's match against Juventus.

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Roma captain Francesco Totti will miss Saturday's visit to Juventus after pain flared up in the knee he had surgery on last season during Friday's training session.

Brazil striker Julio Baptista is in Roma's squad for the match in Turin after a thigh injury and may take Totti's place in the starting line-up.

Roma, the 2007/8 runners-up who have lost their last three league games, will be well rested for the encounter after their home match against Sampdoria was abandoned on Wednesday due to torrential rain.

Juventus captain Alessandro Del Piero should be fit after missing Wednesday's 2-1 win over Bologna with a knock, the club said on their official website.

Defenders Nicola Legrottaglie and Zdenek Grygera should return from minor problems too, but Juve are still without a host of injured players, including midfielder Christian Poulsen, goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and striker David Trezeguet.

Ronaldinho hopes to be back from a bruised kneecap for in-form Milan against leaders Napoli at the San Siro on Sunday.

"I'll do a very hard training session on Friday and I'll try to convince (coach Carlo) Ancelotti that I'm ready," the Brazil forward, who missed Milan's 2-1 win over Siena on Wednesday, was quoted as saying by La Gazzetta dello Sport.

Midfielder Manuele Blasi returns from suspension for Napoli, who share the lead with Udinese on 20 points from nine games, a point more than Milan.

Italy striker Antonio Di Natale is likely to miss Udinese's visit to Genoa on Sunday because of a knee problem that also kept him out of Wednesday's 2-0 win at Catania.

Adrian Mutu is a doubt for Fiorentina's trip to Tuscan rivals Siena, when they will be without the Romanian's suspended strike partner Alberto Gilardino.

Reuters

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  1. What's even stranger is their tradition of racism and fascism as an "international" club (not as bad as AC though)!

    From student00606, on Sat 1 Nov 4:57PM

  2. wat do u mean inter are a strange team? they're called INTERNAZIONALE because they were founded by non itlians that were not allowed to play on AC Milan. hence the name INTERNACIONALE because they are made up mostly of international players

    From GeorgeO, on Fri 31 Oct 7:26PM

  3. Inter are a strange team. No Italians in their starting lineups as Materazzi is old & below par, Toldo & Orlandoni are never going to oust Cesar as goalie, and Mourinho has no faith in the amazing Balotelli.

    A manager like Prandelli @ Fiorentina knows how to build a successful, young team with strong Italian influence. Just look at Montolivo, Gamberini, Osvaldo.. and Pazzini might be 24 now, but he's still the first player to score a hat-trick in the 'NEW' Wembley. Prandelli has also sparked life into the careers of Mutu, Gilardino & Frey. Inter should have head-hunted Prandelli instead of wasting money on Mourinho, Quaresma and Muntari.

    From Simon, on Fri 31 Oct 5:28PM

  4. is materazzi still at inter? if so, he should be excluded...for life! what a piece of garbage, nothing but a goon. no place in football for idiots like that...

    From mike, on Fri 31 Oct 4:31PM
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