Internazionale's injury list remains long ahead of Sunday's home game against Palermo

The Serie A champions will be seeking to regain composure after the confusion caused by coach Roberto Mancini's quickly reversed decision to quit this week.

Defenders Walter Samuel and Ivan Cordoba and midfielder Olivier Dacourt are expected to miss the rest of the season with knee injuries, while Brazilian duo Cesar and Maxwell have knee and ankle problems respectively.

Mancini announced he intended to leave Inter at the end of the season after Tuesday's Champions League last-16 defeat by Liverpool, but then made a U-turn on Wednesday.

Second placed Roma closed the gap on Inter to six points after a win at home to Milan on Saturday night.

Nicola Legrottaglie, Jonathan Zebina and Mauro Camoranesi are suspended for third-placed Juventus's home game against Napoli on Sunday (1930 GMT), while midfielder Cristiano Zanetti is out with a thigh injury.

Defender Jorge Andrade is unlikely to play again this season after the club said he underwent a second operation on Thursday on a knee injury he suffered in September.

His compatriot Tiago, however, should be available this weekend after an ankle problem the midfielder picked up in training proved less serious than first feared. Czech midfielder Pavel Nedved returns from a two-match suspension.

Napoli are without suspended midfielders Daniele Mannini and Manuele Blasi, and Uruguayan striker Marcelo Zalayeta, who needs surgery on an knee ligament injury.

Romania striker Adrian Mutu is battling to return from a knee injury he suffered last month for Fiorentina's home game against Genoa (1400).

Reuters