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/ Paul Robinson / 14 March 2012 / Leave a Comment 
Chelsea will struggle to contain Ezequiel Lavezzi
"Napoli are flying at the moment with six consecutive wins, culminating in a 6-3 hammering of Cagliari last time out... "
Napoli travel to Chelsea tonight with a 3-1 advantagein the second leg of their Champions League last 16 tie. The home side are odds-on to win the match but they are in disarray and Paul Robinson thinks they will struggle.
Steven Gerrard did the business for us yesterday with a hat-trick that got up the three goals required in the Merseyside Derby. It means that I have now given you 10 successful odds-on lays out of 12 and profits are soaring.
Chelsea are struggling at the moment and they may need to win this competition if they want to be in it again next year as they are down in fifth place in the Premier League. Roman Abramovich has sacked Andre Villas-Boas since the first leg of this tie and appointed Roberto Di Matteo as interim manager until the end of the season. Since he took over, Chelsea have won two matches, but they were against Championship side Birmingham and Stoke. The latter game finished 1-0 to the Blues but the opposition were down to 10 men for over an hour and it was hardly an impressive performance.
At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea have been victorious just four times in the last eight and the only side that are on Napoli's level were Manchester United, who they blew a three goal lead against to draw 3-3. Captain John Terry has come out this week and denied that there is a split in the camp but it's pretty obvious that the likes of Terry, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba rule the roost and that is having a negative effect on the performances of others.
Napoli are flying at the moment with six consecutive wins, culminating in a 6-3 hammering of Cagliari last time out that could have been a cricket score. Walter Mazzarri has his side in form at the right time of the season as they are up to fourth in Serie A in their quest to re-qualify for the Champions League. In Ezequiel Lavezzi and Edinson Cavani, Napoli have a forward line that is on a par with some of the best in Europe and they will be absolutely lethal on the break tonight as Chelsea pour on the pressure to wipe out the two goal deficit. The last time Azzurri were in England, they held Manchester City to a draw and I have a feeling that they will do no worse than that in this one. They have too many goals in them to get beaten by Chelsea.
Chelsea have to go for it but they have not shown that they have enough firepower to make me think that they will score enough against Napoli. I can't see how they're going to keep a clean sheet so that means they will need at least two to win the match and even that is doubtful. They will be chasing the game and could well be hit by the deadly Napoli attack on the break and the tie and the match could well be put to bed. Chelsea are trading at [1.81] which is too short and I have to make it my lay of the day.
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Lay Chelsea against Napoli @ [1.81]
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