This year’s championship is undoubtedly one of the most exciting in recent years. I’m well into the twelfth day six teams within just two pointswith Napoli 26 points slightly ahead of Atalanta, Inter, Lazio and Fiorentina, and Juventus just behind in sixth place with 24 points. In this regard he spoke about the Scudetto race La Gazzetta dello Sport Fabio Capellostarting with his favorite: “Inter are a bit “slowed down” compared to last year, at least from what we have seen so far. But I believe they are still the number one candidate. If Inzaghi is there in direct contact with the top of the table in March, he will then have all the credentials to place the decisive sprint.”
On Napoli and Juventus: “Conte is the only one who doesn’t have the cups in the middle. It was also seen on Sunday evening, the Azzurri players were fresher than their opponents. Napoli maintained first place after the triptych against Milan, Atalanta and Inter and has already played at Juventus: now he will have a less difficult calendar, which he will have to take advantage of to try to extend. Juventus is growing well but has a question mark regarding Vlahovic, who is not his coach’s ideal nine. This could in the long run be a problem.”
On Atalanta: “Now I consider it a reality of excellence. Winning the Europa League gave Gasperini’s group great awareness and it is no coincidence that today the Nerazzurri win even when they are not very brilliant: see for example the match against Udinese”.
On Lazio and Fiorentina: “Lazio is the team that plays the best football in Italy. They press great, they have verticality, they are dangerous in attack and with Zaccagni they have an element of quality and imagination capable of changing the fate of a match at any moment. question is the usual one: Baroni is very good, but does the squad have the depth to last months and months with the double commitment of Serie A and Europa League. As for Fiorentina, has Palladino been able to change pace after a complicated start and it wasn’t at all a given? …And with a Kean like this it becomes easier.”
On Milan’s possibilities: “If it were always the team seen in Madrid, the answer would undoubtedly be yes. In the Cagliari version, however, it would be complicated for Fonseca to recover. But which is the real Milan?”.