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Predicted Juventus lineup vs Napoli: Juve tests their best midfield against Napoli

By John Vaccaro

TURIN, ITALY - JANUARY 22: Rodrigo Bentancur of Juventus scores the goal of 2-0 during the Coppa Italia Quarter Final match between Juventus and AS Roma at Allianz Stadium on January 22, 2020 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Giorgio Perottino - Juventus FC/Juventus FC via Getty Images)
TURIN, ITALY - JANUARY 22: Rodrigo Bentancur of Juventus scores the goal of 2-0 during the Coppa Italia Quarter Final match between Juventus and AS Roma at Allianz Stadium on January 22, 2020 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Giorgio Perottino - Juventus FC/Juventus FC via Getty Images) /
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ALLIANZ STADIUM, TORINO, ITALY – 2020/01/06: Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus FC celebrate after scoring a goal during the Serie A match between Juventus Fc and Cagliari Calcio. Juventus Fc wins 4-0 over Cagliari Calcio. (Photo by Marco Canoniero/LightRocket via Getty Images)
ALLIANZ STADIUM, TORINO, ITALY – 2020/01/06: Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus FC celebrate after scoring a goal during the Serie A match between Juventus Fc and Cagliari Calcio. Juventus Fc wins 4-0 over Cagliari Calcio. (Photo by Marco Canoniero/LightRocket via Getty Images) /

CAM: Aaron Ramsey

Douglas Costa may be coming for his job with the way that he has played in the Coppa, but for now, I absolutely expect Aaron Ramsey to start behind the strikers as long as he’s healthy. We have yet to get a chance to see how he plays when he has Juve’s strongest midfield behind him, but he has certainly given a boost to the attack when he’s been asked to lift the midfield with Blaise Matuidi and Sami Khedira. I’m sure a healthy Aaron Ramsey is going to be able to be able to

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put in some impressive performances the rest of the season with this improved squad around him.

ST: Cristiano Ronaldo

The one downside to how incredibly well Cristiano Ronaldo is playing right now is how difficult it makes it to write anything meaningful when I put him in the starting lineup. We all know its going to happen and we all know about his current ridiculous form with 13 goals in his last 10 starts. He has had some difficulty scoring against Napoli in the past, only scoring one goal in 5 appearances against them between his time at Real Madrid and Juventus, but I expect him to quickly bring that number up in his current form.

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ST: Paulo Dybala

Being subbed off early against Parma and then rested against Roma has had Paulo Dybala disappointed with his playing time recently, but I expect him to be much happier against Napoli. There was a point in this season where there was room to debate whether Dybala or Gonzalo Higuain should be the regular starter alongside Ronaldo, but Dybala has clearly put that debate to rest. He has been phenomenal this season, but he has never scored a Serie A goal against Napoli. We could reach a point in this match where either that streak ends or Juve’s 4 match winning streak does.

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