Forbidden to make mistakes. Fiorentina and Napoli have no choice: if they want to continue pursuing their respective goals, they must win at all costs. The Franchi's Monday night (at 21 pm) is giving away heavy, indeed very heavy points, both for the Scudetto fight and for the third place fight. The successes of Juventus, Roma and Milan eliminated the margin of error for the Viola and the Azzurri, called to respond to give a signal of strength to the whole championship.
The most delicate situation is certainly that of Napoli: the bianconeri are at +4, an advantage which, if confirmed, would become very heavy. However, Fiorentina too have little to joke about, also by virtue of the direct clash with Roma next Friday: a false step would not compromise anything but it would certainly complicate dreams of glory.
“They are worse off than us, they have an obligation to win – thought Paulo Sousa. – We are in the position we wanted to have, this must give us positive pressure. We're not hiding, we want third place and this week gives us the chance to confirm that." Clever move that of the Portuguese coach, who chose psychology to charge the team and fans properly.
However, the reality is a little less rosy: the elimination against Tottenham precluded an important goal and now the only way to Europe is the championship. We don't know how Sarri thinks, he didn't show up at the press conference (here we go again!) and therefore the protagonist of yet another silent vigil. Of course his Napoli plays a lot and after the last missteps they absolutely can't go wrong: Juve runs and if you want to fight for the title you have to keep up with him.
The Neapolitan coach, after the unfortunate turnover of the cup, will return to line up the so-called "owners", including that Higuain even criticized by De Laurentiis for a not exactly suitable weight. The blue 4-3-3 will see Reina in goal, Hysaj, Koulibaly, Albiol and Ghoulam in defense, Jorginho, Allan and Hamsik in midfield, Callejon, Higuain and Insigne in attack.
Paulo Sousa will respond with a 4-3-2-1 with Tatarusanu in goal, Roncaglia, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Astori and Pasqual in the back, Vecino, Badelj and Borja Valero in the midfield, Bernardeschi and Tello in the trocar behind the lone striker Kalinic.
