The new coach of Venezia, Davide Nicola, has published the list of players called up for the clash against Napoli. Former defender Pasquale Mazzocchi is back available after a break, while midfielder Alexander Bella-Kotchap remains out for health reasons. Busio, Correia, Adorante, Sverko and Franjic were also excluded.
Among the selected goalkeepers we find Matteo Grandi, Lorenzo Montipò and Filip Stankovic. In defense, in addition to Mazzocchi, there are Alejandro Gomes Furtado, Redouane Halhal, Ridgeciano Haps, Rufai Mohammed, Matias Moreno, Juan Jesus, Richie Sagrado and Joel Schingtienne. The midfield is made up of Toma Basic, Lorenzo Berardi, Matteo Dagasso, Lamine Fanne, Antoine Hainaut, Thorir Helgason, Kornel Lisman, Simone Panada, Kike Pérez and Simon Sohm. For the attack, Nicola chose Akor Adams, Antonio Fernández, Lion Lauberbach, Albion Rrahmani and John Yeboah.
The Venetian coach confirmed the 3-5-2 structure, with the aim of exploiting the defensive solidity and speed of the midfield. The decision to exclude Bella‑Kotchap was motivated by recovery problems, while Mazzocchi was deemed ready to contribute to the match. The rest of the group, which also includes the usual names like Correia and Adorante, has not been called up for reasons of form and availability.
As the match against Napoli approaches, Venezia is preparing to put Nicola's new tactical organization to the test. The result of this match could influence the team's position in the Serie A standings and give indications on the path to follow in the coming weeks.