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ROME (Reuters) – The Italian football league will resume Saturday after the three weeks of winter holidays, with the match between Naples and Lazio on Sunday.
Napoli and Lazio qualified for the Italian Cup last week and will play in the quarterfinals later this month against AC Milan and Inter Milan respectively.
Juventus, Napoli's finalist, and Lazio will attempt to retain fourth place, the last in the Champions League, including one point behind AC Milan.
We have the second half of the season and the road is still long, "said Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti.
At the same time, Juventus also qualified for the trophy and won its first title this season on Wednesday, beating Milan 1-0 in the Super Cup match held in Saudi Arabia.
Cristiano Ronaldo, the league's top scorer with 14 goals, scored the winning goal in Jeddah, proving once again that Juventus' 100 million euros for Real Madrid are in their shoes.
"Not only did he score, but he also evolved very well, just like the rest of the team that played a big game," said Juventus coach Mbadimiliano Alegre .
Juventus, reigning champion, will host Monday the team of Chievo and Milan will be the guest of Genoa the same day.
Roma is sixth, one behind AC Milan, second and last to qualify for the European Championship, but six others are close.
The Roma will open the tournament on Saturday, in Turin, with nine points ahead of Rome.
Sampdoria, who is right behind Rome, is invited to Fiorentina on Sunday. Atalanta, eighth, is looking to improve his position on the table against Frosinoni, second.
Inter, third with 14 points behind leaders and five points on Napoli, is third with Sasolo, 11th with 25 points on Saturday.
On Saturday we will meet Udinese with Parma, while on Sunday we will play Spal with Bologna and Cagliari with Empoli.
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