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Cesena Vs. Napoli: Lineups

Napoli kick off their Serie A campaign with a visit to Cesena, and they'll have to do without the services of Marek Hamsik, who only finds the bench following a slight injury on international duty with Slovakia earlier this week. In his place starts Mario Santana - so the famed attacking trident of Edinson Cavani, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Hamsik won't be troubling Cesena today. Meanwhile, Adrian Mutu makes his debut for the hosts. Can he lead Cesena past the threat posed by the Scudetto contenders?

Cesena (4-3-3): Nicola Ravaglia; Yohan Benalouane, Steve von Bergen, Maurizio Lauro, Gianluca Cornotto; Roberto Guana, Giuseppe Coluccu, Marco Parolo; Antonio Candreva, Adrian Mutu, Eder.

Substitutes: Alex Calderoni, Luca Ceccarelli, Erjon Bogdani, Marco Rossi, Jorge Martinez, Luca Ricci, Derlis Colli.

Napoli (3-4-3): Morgan de Sanctis; Paolo Cannavaro, Salvatore Aronica, Hugo Campagnaro; Blerim Dzemaili, Gokhan Inler, Andrea Dossena, Christian Maggio; Edinson Cavani, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Mario Santana.

Substitutes: Goran Pandev, Giuseppe Mascara, Antonio Rosati, Juan Zuniga, Marek Hamsik, Cristian Chavez, Federico Fernandez.

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