The duel begins again. Inter and Juventus are preparing for a remote challenge on Saturday, awaiting the eagerly awaited confrontation next weekend, where they will meet face to face in San Siro. However, we will only think about this in a few days, because first there is the sixth day and then a good round of the Champions League: in short, the time for the Italian derby is yet to come. We start at 15pm with Juventus-Spal, and then continue with Sampdoria-Inter at 18pm: by dinner time, therefore, we'll already know who owns the championship throne, at least until next week.
On paper, these are two fairly simple commitments, even if the Nerazzurri's trip to Marassi certainly presents more pitfalls than the Bianconeri's home match. Conte's team also comes from a tough week, in which they faced Milan and Lazio, and are awaited by another even tougher one. where he will have to face Barcelona and Juventus. There is a risk of facing Sampdoria with flat batteries, an eventuality that the coach from Lecce wants to avoid at all costs.
“It's the classic game in which there's a lot to lose – his words at the press conference. – Also because we meet a team well trained by an excellent coach like Di Francesco. For me, for us, there is only this race, let's not think about next week. Concentration, therefore, and stability”. The warning is issued, after all the previous one with Slavia Prague is still too fresh to be ignored lightly. Conte, however, cannot ignore the tiredness of his parents, inevitable after so many close matches and a key element in choosing the formation.
Godin, D'Ambrosio, Barella and Lautaro Martinez will rest at Marassi, so it will be an unprecedented 3-5-2 with Handanovic in goal, Skriniar, Bastoni and De Vrij in defense, Candreva, Gagliardini, Brozovic, Sensi and Asamoah in midfield, Sanchez and Lukaku in attack. "Conte's nerazzurri are coming, who talks about ferocity, the desire to win and therefore this can certainly be an extra incentive to give the maximum" the words of Di Francesco, called to a company to try to raise the ranking of his , so far rather disappointing.
The Sampdoria coach decided to set aside the 4-3-3 for a more balanced 3-4-1-2 with Audero between the posts, Bereszynski, Chabot and Colley in the back, Depaoli, Linetty, Ekdal and Murru in the midfield, Rigoni behind the offensive couple made up of Caprari and Quagliarella. Juventus could put pressure on Inter, engaged in the early afternoon against Spal. Sarri's idea is to win and then sit in an armchair to owl the leaders, in the hope of going to San Siro in a week with overturned hierarchies. However, as well as from Sampdoria, all of this will also depend on the 3 points of Turin, absolutely essential from every point of view.
Some time ago we would have had no doubts about the outcome of the match, especially since the opponent is anything but on the ball, as seen from the two beatings remedied against Sassuolo and Lecce, but this year's Lady is still an open building site, also slowed down by injuries that are creating quite a few problems. “The team must stop thinking about the next game, we must attack them one at a time – thought Sarri. – I'm telling you from direct experience, because Spal was given up in Naples and it was one of the most difficult and painful matches of that season. The full-back emergency? We will find the best solution but for us a three-man defense is not feasible".
All 'list of unavailable, in addition to the usual Chiellini, Pjaca, Perin, De Sciglio and Douglas Costa, Danilo and Alex Sandro have recently joined, the latter due to a serious family death. Sarri will confirm the 4-3-1-2 already seen in Brescia, obviously with an extra Ronaldo, therefore Szczesny in goal, Cuadrado, Demiral, De Ligt and Matuidi in defense, Khedira, Pjanic and Rabiot in midfield, Ramsey in support of offensive couple composed by Dybala and CR7. "It will be a very difficult match, but I want a team that tries to play the game and is aware of what it is doing, putting its identity on the field even at risk" explained Semplici, who last year were able to stop the Lady in Ferrara .
Today, however, will be very different but he will try anyway relying on a 3-5-2 that will see Berisha between the posts, Tomovic, Vicari and Igor in the back, Sala, Murgia, Valdifiori, Jankovic and Reca in the midfield, Paloschi and Petagna in attack.
