The fight for the Scudetto is almost over, while the fight for second place is more open than ever. On Easter Saturday, as well as the Milan derby which we talk about separately, he brings 3 very heavy points to Juventus and Naples and a draw for Roma which ends up affecting the rankings not a little. Because now the points between the Signora and the Giallorossi are 8, while those between the latter and the Azzurri are only 2: more than in first place, in short, it is appropriate to look at the second, as comforting as you like but still fundamental to enter the Champions without going through the preliminaries.
There were few doubts about the fact that Juve would beat Pescara and these were swept away already in the first half by Higuain's brace, ruthless in punishing Zeman's defense with a brace that earned him third place in the top scorer ( 23 goals, 2 less than the Belotti-Dzeko couple) and 3 very heavy points for the team. Not only smiles, however, from the away match in Abruzzo: theDybala's injury (ankle sprain) alarms everyone in view of the Barcelona appointment on Wednesday. “He took a hit but there are still four days left, we have to be optimistic – commented Allegri. – The boys were good at getting the win, now the Scudetto quota has dropped but the road is always long. However, we will only think about the championship from Thursday, now it's time to think about Barcelona ".
The bianconeri will be able to do it with the Scudetto almost in their pocket, seen the draw of Roma which is worth a nice + 8 in the standings. In fact, the Giallorossi did not go beyond a 1-1 draw at home with Atalanta, effectively abandoning any desire to comeback on the leaders. A painful equal that of the Olimpico, which arrived after Gasperini's team had taken the lead with Kurtic (22') and a really bad first half. In the second half, however, Roma woke up and found a 1-1 draw with the usual Dzeko (50'), nearly taking the lead with De Rossi (55', outside post) and Nainggolan (65', crossbar) without however finding it. “The first half was very disappointing, these risk being two lost points – admitted Spalletti. – We always try but if we can't win we have to postpone any discussion, I can only congratulate Juve for its continuity".
More than the black and whites, however, the Giallorossi coach will have to think about Napoli, victorious in the postponement against Udinese and strongly back in the running for second place. In fact, the only two points that separate the two in the standings make every scenario very open, to the great satisfaction of one Sarri is increasingly hopeful of grabbing the Champions League without going through the preliminaries. “The tables leave the time they find, we continue to think game after game – the comment of the blue coach. – We were good at having the right patience and scoring at the right time, I see the team growing in terms of personality and this leaves me confident for the future”. Napoli's game has two faces: lackluster in the first half, crackling in the second. The goal that broke the balance came with Mertens (48'), then Allan (63') and Callejon (72') completed the work and gave a beautiful evening to the numerous San Paolo crowd. Who now dreams of a second place behind Juve: in fact, barring incredible twists, no surprises will come from the first.
