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Inter Host Juventus in Derby d'Italia

Written by Adeleke Afolayan

Friday, 21 November 2008

A week after a Rome derby that lived up to expectations, Italy provides yet another derby in this weekend of European football when champions Inter Milan welcome Old Lady and arch-rivals Juventus to the San Siro.

The clash would be the first for former Chelsea managers, Inter's Jose Mourinho and Claudio Ranieri of Juventus in the league while Inter will be looking for a first win in the fixture since 2004.

Juventus however would be all out for a win, which would lift the Turin side level on 27 points with Inter but a draw would pave way for another arch-rival to take top spot in the Serie A.

Second placed AC Milan travel to Turin, in a reverse of the big match, to face Torino with the Rossoneri just a point behind Inter; a win for Juventus on Saturday night would only make a win even more objective for Milan on Sunday night.

Other matches in Italy this weekend will see Christian Obodo's Udinese in sixth place on 21 points travel to Fiorentina in ninth place but just a point behind while fourth placed Napoli on 24 points welcome a tricky opponent in Cagliari and seventh placed Catania with 21 points travel to face 14th placed Sampdoria.

Ayo Makinwa's SS Lazio in fifth on 22 points play hosts to Genoa in eighth on 20 points while city rivals AS Roma on 11 points continue its fight off the relegation zone with a trip to Lecce, two places above Roma in 15th with just a point separating both sides.

Obinna Nsofor's former club Chiev Verona, bottom of the league with six points, will badly play for a win at home to Siena while Reggina will hope to build on last week's good win at Udinese with another one over mid-table Atalanta.

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