Hunt for first place, at least for one night. Inter and Sampdoria will kick off the tenth day of the championship (20.45 pm), in an anticipation that could change the hierarchies at the top of the standings. Of course, the cue remains in Napoli's hands, but in anticipation of tomorrow's match against Genoa, the nerazzurri have a great opportunity to undermine him at the top, provided, of course, that they beat Giampaolo's blucerchiati. It won't be an easy feat: Samp is one of the most beautiful revelations of this Serie A so far, as demonstrated by the sixth place in the standings with one game to make up. “It's a tricky match, they are a very good team with a very strong coach – commented Spalletti. – Having said that, we are not interested in winning to frighten others but only for ourselves, we only want to look at our own home. In Naples I saw the right conviction, we went to play and this gave me a lot of satisfaction". The match at the San Paolo rightly left an excellent impression on everyone, with an Inter capable of tackling it in the best possible way and stopping Sarri's army. Now however, paradoxically, the difficult part arrives: in fact, the Nerazzurri can no longer hide and are called to take responsibility hitherto left to others.
Sampdoria therefore hopes to face a tired and weighed down team, perhaps a little emptied by a high-intensity week that began with the derby and ended with the away match in Naples. However, the argument can also apply to her: after the 5-0 win over Crotone and the rain of compliments she received, there is the risk of facing the trip to Milan with too much satisfaction. “We'll go there to play our match, to see the effect it has – Giampaolo's analysis. – Inter are strong, they are fully deserved up there and they amply demonstrated it in Naples, you don't leave a field like this unbeaten if you don't express yourself at your best. Let's put it this way: Sarri is Minister of Economy, Spalletti of Defense and I'm in the opposition…”. The political metaphor explains well the ambitions of the Sampdoria coach, determined to make the leap in quality to go and play his chances in a large square. However, we will only think about this in a few months, now it's time to focus on today's match that Inter should face without excessive turnover. The only one who will rest will be Candreva, for the rest the 4-2-3-1 is already done with Handanovic in goal, D'Ambrosio, Skriniar, Miranda and Nagatomo in defence, Gagliardini and Vecino in midfield, Eder, Joao Mario and Perisic in the frontline, Icardi in attack. Classic 4-3-1-2 for Giampaolo, who will respond with Puggioni in goal, Bereszynski, Silvestre, Ferrari and Strinic in the back, Praet, Torreira and Linetty in the midfield, Ramirez behind the Zapata-Quagliarella attack duo.
