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Naples mocks Juve and is now one step away from the Scudetto: the Italian flag can already be his next Sunday

Raspadori scores the winning goal against Juve in the 93rd minute and pushes Napoli towards the Scudetto – Inter and Milan win and the fight for a place in the Champions League gets very hot – Tonight Atalanta-Roma

Naples mocks Juve and is now one step away from the Scudetto: the Italian flag can already be his next Sunday

One step away from the Scudetto. There Napoli victory over Juventus puts the umpteenth stone on the championship, now close to the mathematical assignment: if in the next round, in fact, the Azzurri will beat Salernitana (Saturday at 15 pm) and the Lazio won't be able to do the same with Inter (Sunday at 12.30), here is the tricolor will officially become Spalletti's, and patience if the two matches in question will be played 24 hours later. If it's not next week, however, it will happen very soon, because nobody can keep up with this Napoli's pace.

The situation is very different Champions area, where we have to record yet another slowdown by Juventus, in their third consecutive defeat in the league, but also the victories of Milan and Inter, which put further pressure on the Monday Night between Atalanta and Rome (20.45 pm, DAZN and Sky).

Juventus - Napoli 0-1: the Var cancels a goal from Di Maria, then Raspadori mocks the Lady in full recovery

Very balanced match at the Stadium, but not without its fun and twists. In fact, the sometimes exasperated tactics of the first half were contrasted by a decidedly more brilliant second half, with two longer teams chasing the winning goal. It was immediately clear that whoever would score first, barring sensational upheavals, would then win the match, but at a certain point the most probable (and perhaps fairest) result seemed to be a draw, basically pleasing to both. Allegrimoreover, he had made targeted choices for Wednesday's Coppa Italia semi-final against Inter, fielding an unprecedented Juventus with Rugani (and not Bonucci) in place of the bruised Bremer and, above all, the young Soulé behind Milik, leaving thus retired Vlahovic, Di Maria and Chiesa. Spalletti instead he had no midweek matches to protect, so he roughly fielded starting Napoli, with the exception of Zielinski and Rrahmani, sent to the bench by virtue of Ndombelé and Juan Jesus.

La turn of the race it arrived in the second half precisely with the entry into the field of the first choices: Chiesa, Di Maria and Fagioli for Juve (plus Vlahovic in the final), Zielinski, Elmas and Raspadori for Napoli. Osimhen had come close to scoring on a couple of occasions (external post and header saved by Szczesny), Milik had come to undermine Meret after an ingenuity from the blue defence, but for the key episodes we had to wait until 83', when Di Maria gave Juventus the lead after a lightning counterattack, spoiled however by a suspicious contact between Milik and Lobotka at the start of the action: the Yes, captained by Aureliano, induced Fabbri to go to the monitor and he, after reviewing the replays, he disallowed the goal. About ten minutes later, in full recovery, Elmas fished in the area Breakers and the former Sassuolo, here little more than a supporting actor, exploded the left steering wheel which beat Szczesny, for the blue 0-1 which is worth three quarters of the Scudetto.

Spalletti already speaks like a champion: "The Scudetto repays us for the many sacrifices made"

“When you win these matches, against an opponent of this level and you have this ranking you put some heavy bricks – Spalletti exulted -. The players rightly celebrated a bit, even more so due to the fact that the goal came in added time, however we wait to uncork bottles and hearts, it still takes some time. I only complimented the boys, we played a good game apart from some lightness. It wasn't easy after the elimination from the Champions League, doing more than that would have been difficult. The Scudetto? It repays you for the sacrifices you made, sometimes they made fun of me because I had playing shoes on the bench, but I remember when I couldn't afford them as a child. I took a slightly more difficult road than others who start from different levels…”.

Allegri: “We conceded a goal like chickens! locksmiths? He refereed very well”

“Napoli are strong and deserved the Scudetto, sorry to have lost against a strong team – il Allegri's comment -. We have an advantage over our pursuers, but also lost four of the last five games, now we think about the Italian Cup by accepting the referees' decisions and remaining calm, the result cannot be changed anyway. locksmiths? He was very good, I have nothing to say. We could have done better on the goal we conceded, it's a foolish mistake: in the 93rd minute we have to defend in the area, not stop and watch. In any case, the guys have had an important season so far, also because we've gone through a surreal situation and a year that will make us grow a lot, next year we'll fight for the Scudetto”.

Milan - Lecce 2-0, now Pioli can think about Roma: "It will be a fundamental match"

The missteps of Juve and Lazio took advantage of the Milan, which thanks to the success against Lecce recover three important points on the two competitors. The most important thing however, in the light of what Inter has done (we'll talk about it shortly), is to have kept fifth place and hooked up with Roma, albeit waiting for tonight's match against Atalanta. Pioli he knew that this could be a real trap, even more so after Verona's victory and Spezia's draw, which forced the Giallorossi into a vigorous game, otherwise they would return to Salento empty-handed and with an enormous pressure load in sight of upcoming engagements. The team followed him, understanding the importance of these three points in the Champions League, especially with the direct clash in Rome just around the corner, even if it is fair to underline how the victory only one true great protagonist, namely Leao. Ecosystem's staff is Portuguese, already decisive in Naples with the splendid action that led to Giroud's goal, it happened again yesterday, this time wearing the role of the absolute protagonist, first with the header that unlocked the challenge (40'), then with the great personal action of the final 2-0. “It was very important to win, just as the next match at Roma will be fundamental – confirmed Pioli -. Inter's success at Empoli didn't give us extra stimuli, there was no need. This game and the next one in Rome will be fundamental to our goal and the team knows it, we've overcome difficult moments and we're fine now. The Champions derbies will be two great matches to be enjoyed to the fullest, but now let's think about the championship and Roma which is strong and trained by a great coach, is ahead of us right now and it will be a direct match that counts double”.

Empoli - Inter 0-3, Inzaghi: "Happy for Lukaku, but I received important signals from everyone"

Nice win for Inter too, who regains the 3 points after a month and a half of abstinence. It cannot be a coincidence that success coincides with the return to Lu-La's goal, namely the award-winning company Lukaku Lautaro. The Belgian was the true protagonist of the Nerazzurri afternoon with a brace that recalled past times: power and precision just like in the year of the Scudetto, as well as a nice assist to his Argentine colleague, who came on shortly before in place of Correa, for the end of a fast that had lasted for too many weeks.

La victory, in the light of the defeats of Lazio and Juventus, it's worth a lot, but for Inzaghi what matters most is having found his bomber jackets, right at the hottest moment of the season. “Important game, played well, in the first half we dominated, but we were slow in moving the ball, then in the second half the goal unblocked us and we won an important match – the Inzaghi's words -. I let players breathe who had played a lot, in 72 hours we'll be on the pitch and this was the only week we could catch a breath, but we're delighted to play in a semi-final of the Coppa Italia in our stadium. I'm happy for Lukaku, but all those who had played less so far have been amazing, it's important to be able to choose, which I wasn't able to do until the break. Now I'm lucky enough to have 4 forwards in good condition and for a coach the problem is when you don't have them...".

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