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Coppa Italia winner Trevor Francis previews this week's quarter-finals

Image: Coppa Italia: Last year's winners Lazio face Napoli in their quarter-final live on Sky Sports.

Trevor Francis was a member of the 1985 Coppa Italia winning Sampdoria side and this week he'll be on Sky Sports to bring you exclusive coverage of the quarter-finals from this year's competition.

FIORENTINA v SIENA - Thu 23 Jan, 7.45pm Sky Sports 3
TREVOR SAYS: Fiorentina are one of the stronger teams in Italian football. I've mentioned Roma and Juventus who are top, then Napoli in third but la Viola are fourth behind them and they have, in coach Vincenzo Montell, someone we know from his brief spell he has a player on loan at Fulham in 2007, who is now doing a great job. I think that Fiorentina have the easiest game and I say that with the greatest respect to Siena, who were in the top division last year but were relegated and are now finding adapting to life in Serie B difficult, so they've done well to get to the quarter-finals. But I think that Fiorentina - the team that inflicted the only defeat on Juventus this season in the league - can be very strong at home and should overcome Siena. I predict a 3-0 victory for the home team.
NAPOLI v LAZIO - Wed 29 Jan, 7.30pm channel tbc
TREVOR SAYS: Napoli are in third in Serie A but were of course, terribly disappointed to be knocked out of the Champions League, finishing just behind Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund; but they acquitted themselves pretty well in that competition. In cup competition the Neapolitans are very useful and they haven't let that European disappointment affect their league form, because they're still playing well. I also think that in Gonzalo Higuain and Jose Callejon they've got two very good players who they've taken from Real Madrid. This game is going to be close because Lazio are the current holders and beat their arch-rivals Roma in last year's final, so this is a very interesting game and I think due to the fact that Napoli are playing at the Stadio San Paolo - which is always difficult to play at because of the fantastic and passionate home support - they'll edge this one 2-1.

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