And now it's their turn. Inter and Roma are called to respond to Napoli in order not to lose ground from their respective goals. Yes, because it seems incredible given the premises of the start of the season, but today the nerazzurri and giallorossi have rather different perspectives. The first they want to win to catch up second place and continue to dream of an anti-Juve role, while the runners-up have to do it in order not to lose further ground from fourth place, the last useful to enter the next Champions League. And so the matches with Genoa (San Siro, 15 pm) and Fiorentina (Franchi, 18 pm) they become fundamentals, on pain of seeing their respective dreams reduced. "Not we be someone's anti – he reiterated Spalletti at the press conference. – We are Inter, our fans and our history must be our reference points. A tricky match awaits us, Genoa already demonstrated three days ago that they can put Milan in difficulty". The technician's call to arms has an obvious psychological end, partly because when you've been winning for a long time time there is the risk of lowering attention, partly because the upcoming match with Barcelona is already on everyone's lips. But Inter mustn't stop right now: the success of Roma (the sixth in a row in the league) has given them back a dimension that was not seen before from time and it would be truly unforgivable to ruin everything, moreover in front of the usual large San Siro crowd (65 spectators expected).
Inevitably, however, there will be an eye on the Champions League, that's why Spalletti will rotate some key men in the usual 4-2-3-1 that will see Handanovic in goal, D'Ambrosio, SkriniarDe Free e Dalbert in defence, Brozovic e Gliardini in midfield, Candreva, Joao Mario and Perisic behind the lone striker Martinez, chosen to give the captain a rest Icardi. Juric will try to redeem the prank of the other night with a 3-5-2 with Radu between the poles, biraschi, Romero and Gunter in the back department, Pereira, Romulo, Sandro, Bessa and Lazovic in the median, Kouame e Friday in attack. Immediately after Inter-Genoa it will be time for Fiorentina-Roma, perhaps the most interesting and balanced match of the entire weekend. Al Franchi will stage a challenge that is never banal, as demonstrated by the precedents of recent years, always full of goals and twists. This time, however, the Giallorossi didn't get there very well: the absence of victories has been going on for almost a month now (0-2 in Empoli on 6 October) and the rankings inevitably ended up being affected. However, the points from Milan and Lazio are only 3 but failing in Florence could increase the gap, with all the consequences of the case.
“I really don't like talking about a goal for fourth place right now – glossed over Di Francesco. – Winning two games allows you to shorten the ranking, look whatit happened to Inter and Milan. Said this is obvious that we are late and that a difficult race awaits us, I hope to see a different, more aggressive attitude ”. The speech made for Inter (head for the championship and not for the Champions League) is even more true for Roma, called to give 100% to conquer a Franchi hitherto a real purple fort, as demonstrated by i 13 points out of 15 collected by Pioli. Di Francesco, forced to give up on De Rossi (also out for Moscow), will repeat the 4-2-3-1 with Olsen in goal, Santon, Juan Jesus, Fazio and Kolarov in defence, Crystalline e Nzonzi in midfield, Under, Pellegrini ed El Shaarawy behind the sole point Dzeko. Classic 4-3-3 also for Pioli, who will try to reconnect with the victory (the last one dates back to 30 September, 2-0 over Atalanta) with lafont between the poles, Milenkovic, Pezzella, Hugo and biraghi in the back department, Benassi, Veretout e Gerson in the median, Chiesa, Simeone e pjaca in attack.
