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Real out to puncture Barca euphoria at Bernabeu
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-11-18 11:48
Totti renewed his criticism this week, extending his attack to midfielder and
former team mate Emerson, who followed Capello north to Turin.
The result should be a hostile atmosphere on Saturday, though both sets of
fans will hope the match is cleaner than it was last season, when fouls
repeatedly halted play and Roma defender Leandro Cufre punched Alessandro Del
Piero in the face.
Roma have a strong squad and reports in the Italian media suggest their
coach, Luciano Spalletti, might field Antonio Cassano in his starting 11.
The striker, who has been excluded from the team over a long-running contract
dispute, scored twice in Roma's 4-0 victory in the fixture two seasons ago.
Capello's first team are also fit, all his players having come through the
recent international fixtures without injury.
If Juve lose Milan would go top by beating Fiorentina, who are three points
behind their opponents, at the Stadio Franchi on Sunday (kickoff 1400 GMT).
Milan start as favourites after winning their last eight league games,
including a 5-1 demolition of Udinese in the previous round of matches.
Whatever the result, the match should produce goals. Milan and Fiorentina
possess the division's most prolific attacks spearheaded by two of its finest
strikers.
Fiorentina's Luca Toni and Milan's Alberto Gilardino both got on the
scoresheet in Italy's impressive 3-1 friendly win over the Netherlands last
weekend.
Toni is Serie A's top scorer, with 13 goals to Gilardino's seven, but neither
would worry about failing to hit the target so long as their team come away with
three points on Sunday.
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