“We’ll see today in training if he has been able to recover and hopefully tomorrow he’ll be in decent condition.”
Fourth-place Napoli can ill afford to be without Higuain, who started both of Argentina’s World Cup qualifiers -- against Brazil and Colombia -- having already lost forwards Dries Mertens and Manolo Gabbiadini to injury during the international break.
“It does penalise teams who have a lot of international players, as they travel all over the world for often pointless matches,” Sarri said.
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“These players need training sessions more than rest.”
(Reporting by Ed Dove; Editing by Toby Davis)
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