“It’s an indecipherable championship. I have no memory of a championship like this, with one team in the lead but immediately behind so many fierce competitors. If one wins, the others respond. I think we’ve acquired that mentality of not thinking about what’s happening on the other fields. It’s a good championship, I like it, it’s exciting, there are some confirmations with teams that started quietly but are now giving consistent results.” As Giovanni Galliformer goalkeeper for Napoli, Milan and Fiorentina and world champion ’82, guest of Radio Anch’io Sport on Rai Radio 1, on a championship that has never been so balanced.
Milan-Juve exception: “If it was supposed to be an advert for our football, it turned out really badly. It was a very bad, boring, dull match. Neither of the two wanted to lose, but the feeling is that neither of the two almost wanted to win for fear of being able to concede something to the opponent. Fonseca is chasing an idea of what the team could be, he makes strong, sometimes incomprehensible choices. On the other hand, we haven’t seen the real Juve of Motta. That game is still being studied That we thought Motta could give with his football philosophy or we glimpse it, but he is still very scholastic.”
Milan doesn’t change gear, who has the greatest responsibility? “At the start of the championship, I thought that Milan could compete for the scudetto. Along the way, I had to change my mind due to a combination of factors. There were too many things that we saw on the pitch and read in the newspapers that make Milan a club 360 degrees. They have to get out of this situation, I don’t know how, otherwise Milan risks an anonymous championship. I see a general disconnect.”
On league leaders Napoli: “Napoli are a concrete team, they have a very good squad. Last year they tripped on a step and fell, perhaps many players were fascinated by the scudetto on their chest and the Champions League. This year Napoli have made a nice signing campaign and he doesn’t have the cups. Gasperini says that playing in the cups is an advantage because it enriches the team, but we must consider that he has been coaching Atalanta for eight years, by now the team has assimilated everything Conte had to start again and he needed it to spend every day preparing for a match.”
How high can Fiorentina reach? “After the two narrow victories against Genoa and Turin, I said that this team reminded me of the one from ’82. Because a 1-0 gives you strength and conviction which is not equivalent to a 5-0 or a 6-0. This Fiorentina has great concreteness, they have a great goalkeeper who has returned on the European and world stage in a big way, he concedes few goals, takes the lead at the first opportunity and manages very well. Dreaming costs nothing, the ambitions must be there is equivalent to winning the scudetto.”