This past weekend Inter Milan and Napoli faced off in what was billed as one of Serie A's most intriguing match-ups. La Beneamata had not been able to defeat the Partenopei at the Stadio San Paolo
It was also vital because Inter are currently hoping to secure European football for next season but they will have quite a bit of work to do after dropping three crucial points when they were defeated by Fiorentina back on March 1st. As they turn their attention now to their present continental campaign, Nerazzurri fans will definitely be relieved that only Yuto Nagatomo is out with injury, meaning that Roberto Mancini will have an overall full-strength line-up to choose from.
So far, have not lost a single match so far in this season's Europa League and will be keen on extending this run as they head to Germany, a country in which they have won five out of their last 16 trips.
However, Mancini's men will certainly want to be wary of Wolfsburg.
The Bundesliga outfit were the first to defeat runaway leaders Bayern Munich in the league and did so in impressive fashion, humiliating die Roten 4-1 in the first match of this year. Whilst it will not be enough to prevent Pep Guardiola's team from cruising to another title, Wolfsburg have nonetheless done quite well this season and should comfortably qualify for the Champions League with a comfortable nine-point lead over the third-placed side.
Dieter Hecking's squad will certainly be disappointed with the outcome of their recent league match, as the 1-0 loss to
Simply put, the man the Nerazzurri will be the most concerned about is Dutch international Bas Dost. Before this season, the lanky 25-year-old, whilst certainly known to German football fans, had not made his name known to those who do not follow the Bundesliga, but with an impressive start to 2015 has elevated his status among attackers in Europe with 13 goals so far this year alone in all competitions.
It was his brace against Sporting that effectively sealed Wolfsburg's passage into the round of 16 and prior to that, he had netted a double against Bayern earlier this year - the first player in over 100 matches to be able to do so.
Another poker of goals to give them a crucial win over Leverkusen was the highlight of a nine-goal thriller that was probably one of
Although they have not faced Inter, they have come up against their
Will Wolfsburg finally break their string of bad luck against Italian sides and make Bundesliga fans proud as Germany's sole Europa League team? Or will Inter head back to Milan feeling confident of their chances to the quarter-finals?
You will have to tune into this one to find out.
Team sheets for Wolfsburg vs Inter Milan
Wolfsburg's Starting XI: Benaglio, Vierinha, Naldo, Knoche, Rodriguez, Guilavogui, Luiz Gustavo, Caligiuri, Da Bruyne, Schurrle, Dost
Inter's Starting XI: Carrizo, D'Ambrossio, Juan, Rannocchia, Santon, Medel, Guarín, Hernanes, Palacio, Shaqiri, Icardi
Wolfsburg's Bench: Grun, Schaffer, Klose, Jung, Perisic, Trasch, Bendtner
Inter's Bench: Handanovic, Andreolli, Vidic, Dodo, Kovacic, Kusmanovic, Puscas
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