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Mazzarri backs Cavani to end goal drought

March 11, 2013
By ESPN staff
Napoli manager Walter Mazzarri has backed out-of-form striker Edinson Cavani to return to his goal-scoring ways.

Cavani, 26, has now gone eight games without finding the back of the net for the Partenopei, following their 2-0 defeat at Chievo.

The Uruguay international missed a penalty in Sunday's Serie A clash, but Mazzarri is sure the current situation will prove to be just a small blip in Cavani's season.

"There are moments when the ball just does not want to ...

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