The first escape is served. The last day before the break ends with the extension of Juventus, capable of conquering Empoli with a clear 3-0 and thus moving to + 4 on Sarri's Napoli.
Yes, because the Azzurri instead stumbled into the Atalanta trap, leaving important points along the way as well as some of their own certainties. Above all the ability to withstand the double championship-Champions commitment, but also on the effective competitiveness of a squad that still seems far from that of the black and whites.
“The boys were good, it wasn't easy – commented Allegri immediately after the match. – In the first half we were split in two and we suffered too many restarts, but in the second we did better and, once we found the goal, it was all quite simple. I like how we work during the week, it's no coincidence that we played a very good match on a technical level".
All true, yet the match was strangely in the balance until halfway through the second half. More than a merit of Empoli, however, it was a demerit of Juve, wasteful to the limits of the improbable with Khedira, Cuadrado and Higuain, so as to suggest a possible hoax.
But then Paulo Dybala took the chair, and after finding his first goal in the Champions League he also repeated it in the league with a nice shot from the center of the area (65'). Once the crack was found, breaking down the Empoli wall was child's play: Higuain, up until then not very concrete, scored a brace (68', 70') and the 3 points were happily archived.
Little did the Lady know yet that, at the end of the day, she would be partying double. Because shortly after Napoli, evidently tired after the victory over Benfica, fell on the Atalanta field. The match goal already arrived in the 9th minute with Petagna, after which the Azzurri tried to reopen the games but without the usual effectiveness.
In fact, possession of the ball and the amount of play were not followed by concreteness and lucidity, and so Gasperini's players from Bergamo took home 3 points as important as they were unexpected.
“We had never made so many mistakes all together – commented Sarri. – Evidently we were exhausted after the Champions League, and we are also not able to bring home the "dirty" matches based on physique and episodes. This is our limit, that's why there's no point in talking about the Scudetto, unless Juve does some bullshit".
For the moment, however, that doesn't happen, which is why the Bianconeri are already +4 in the standings. Detachment which could mean little at the beginning of October but which, considering the balance of power, is much more than a simple signal.
