TMW Radio
TO Maracanain the afternoon of TMW Radiothe time has come for the journalist and former footballer Stephen Impallomeni.
First day of Champions for the Italians. How did you see Atalanta?
“He was too sure that Retegui would score, but he didn’t consider that he should have angled it slightly.”
And Milan?
“There’s a technical crisis, when you concede two goals in a game like that… until the 1-1 he was in the game, then he completely melted away. It’s a team that lacks balance and now Inter are coming. Anything can happen in the derby but… Tudor? I don’t think he’s the most suitable to replace Fonseca”.
Fiorentina-Lazio, test for both:
“Fiorentina has improved, despite the defeat. I saw it differently, so far Palladino hasn’t understood much. He’s ambitious but for now he’s failing. Florence is an ambitious place”.
Rome, De Rossi for some has not proved himself to be up to par:
“It would seem that he left for other reasons. Regardless of what we read, it is an incompetent choice. It may be that he found himself in difficulty, but last year he had high-level matches and then had a final decline but that is typical of this group-team, not only with De Rossi. I believe that the same mistakes are always repeated, which are upstream”.
Baroni or Juric, which is better?
“Juric is more experienced, but so is Baroni…”.
Who made the best choice between Juve and Napoli?
“Both, but ADL is better, because it had the minimum consensus and it wasn’t easy to convince Conte. It was a difficult choice but he made it”.
Motta says that Napoli is built for the Scudetto?
“It’s a dialectical game. Of course he can win, but he wants to put pressure, like Conte did the day before saying that Motta had a difficult legacy. The pressure is more on Motta than on Conte. Juve spent a lot on the market, Napoli won two years ago but how much have they won in general in their history? If Juve wins the Scudetto they will do something historic, but if you come in second and halve the disadvantage compared to last year that’s fine”.
What is the key to Juve-Napoli?
“The midfield is always the strategic one. We’ll see who will be more reactive on lost balls. Napoli has gained enthusiasm with the victory in Cagliari. They have rediscovered a winning speech that was lost after Spalletti. Conte has reconnected the plug of fatigue, they have rediscovered a game system that works. We will have to see the choices of Motta, who has accustomed us to surprises. However, I don’t think this is the crazy match, we have to play it safe, otherwise you could encounter the ‘phenomena’ already seen. Now we will see how the big names will respond in this important match”.