MILAN, A REQUIRED VICTORY AGAINST NAPLES! THE ROSSONERI HOLD ON TO IBRA, THE AZZURRI TO THE MAGIC TRIDENT. ALLEGRI-MAZZARRI, THE DUEL IS RENEWED.
They have never loved each other and the calendar, once again, will put its own. Despite being fellow countrymen, Massimiliano Allegri and Walter Mazzarri are as distant as day and night.
Milan-Napoli will not be just the match between Ibrahimovic and Cavani, but also between the two Tuscan coaches who since last year have spared no barbs at every opportunity. Both teams will enter the San Siro lawn with the pressure of having to win: Milan to resume the run-up against Juve, Napoli not to say goodbye, perhaps definitively, to the Europe area. On paper, the favorites are the Italian champions, but the defeat against Lazio showed that the Rossoneri are going through a dull phase. The numbers don't lie: against the big teams Milan won only once (3-2 over Roma on 29 October), then made up for 2 draws and 4 defeats, the last one on Wednesday. Rather explanatory data, which give an idea of how the Rossoneri suffer against well-organized and above-average teams. Milan seems to have lost the malice of last year, when Ibrahimovic was an added value and not the only source of success.
Problems that Allegri will have to solve as soon as possible, starting with the match against Napoli, otherwise Juventus could really run away. In this sense, Sunday will be more important for Milan, but the Azzurri also have a duty to get back to winning ways. Since the beginning of 2012, Napoli have only won in the league in Palermo, then it was only disappointments: colorless draws with Bologna, Siena and Cesena (which weighs on Pandev's regular goal, however), defeat in Genoa. All this has dropped the Azzurri to seventh place in the standings and now the third position (occupied by Udinese) is even 11 lengths away. Milan-Napoli means a lot for everyone, especially for Allegri and Mazzarri. Who certainly won't start to love each other on Sunday afternoon.
