Juve e Lazio delirious, Inter e Roma on my knees. The results of yesterday's big matches, as could be expected, change the balance of the standings, but above all distort the overall judgments on the protagonists. Allegri finally finds that success against a direct competitor that he has been missing for some time, moreover, what is far more important, he overtakes Inter in the standings and moves up to fifth place, just two points behind fourth Atalanta. Even better path for Sarri, who thanks to the victory in the derby overtakes his Giallorossi cousins and leaps onto the podium of the championship, even if "only" in the lowest step. And so the two coaches punished by the cups (one was eliminated from the Champions League, the other from the Europa League) immediately take their revenge, sinking Inzaghi and Mourinho, returning instead from a very positive period, which however ended right in the most important Sunday.
Juventus – Inter 2-0, Rabiot and Fagioli take the Lady to fifth place
The Stadium match went through several phases, but in the end he won it Juventus thanks to goals from refill (52') and beans (84'), both with assistance from an amazing Kostic. Thus Allegri takes his first success of the season in a big match, Inzaghi instead has to deal with the fifth defeat in just 13 days, the fourth against a direct competitor after those against Lazio, Milan and Rome. In football whoever scores wins and the bianconeri have succeeded twice, therefore they have stolen absolutely nothing and are enjoying 3 very heavy points. Inter however, he comes out batting above all for his own shortcomings, given the inability to realize several sensational opportunities face to face with Szczesny: Lautaro, Dzeko and Dumfries in the first half (at 0-0), Calhanoglu (crossbar) and the Argentine himself in the second half ( 1-0) screamed for revenge, but the most sensational episode took place a few seconds before Fagioli's goal, with Bremer intercepting a ball that would have sent Brozovic on goal and then launching the definitive double. Juve, who had finished the first half without shots, thanked and struck at the first opportunity with Rabiot, then legitimizing everything with a post by Kostic, a goal disallowed by Danilo (hand ball) and a 2-0 by Fagioli. now in a leading role.
Allegri raises his head: “Scudetto? Now we are far away, but after the stop he who knows… ”
“We're back to beating Inter after four games, it was important to win a direct match – he exulted Allegri -. Scudetto? Meanwhile we're two points off fourth place, Napoli are doing extraordinary things for now, but after the break I don't know what will happen… The goal is to do our best, we certainly can't think we've solved all the problems with just one game. We have done excellent things, but many can still be improved: let's take it one step at a time".
Inzaghi bitter: "The defeat hurts, we lack continuity"
“It's not possible to end the first half played like this on 0-0, that's the great regret – he explained Inzaghi -. It shouldn't happen that we go down after all those chances, after we were in a great hurry and we fell apart, instead we had to keep calm. The defeats in direct clashes? They are a fact, we have to do more, improve in detail because these matches are always on the edge. They run fast up front, this defeat hurts due to the importance of the match but we'll be back on the pitch in two days, we need to be good at restarting in the best possible way”.
Rome - Lazio 2-0, Sarri beats Mourinho thanks to Felipe Anderson (ea Ibanez)
The other big Sunday winner is undoubtedly the Lazio, which sweeps away the bitterness of Rotterdam with a success that may not be beautiful to look at, but heavy as a boulder. The derbies, moreover, are often drawn and decided by the episodes: one was enough for Sarri, namely the mistake by Ibanez who sent on goal Felipe Anderson for the only decisive goal of the match (29'). But the Roma, beyond the gift of her defender, she never knew how to get back on her feet, a prisoner of an unsuitable tactical context (you know Mourinho likes counterattacks, while yesterday he was forced to play against a very low Lazio team) , of many individual technical errors and of a really low offensive phase, in which only Zaniolo was able to build a real goal, which however ended up on the crossbar. The derby thus goes on file with the biancoceleste counter-overtaking, after the Giallorossi had put the arrow on just a week ago, and overturns the tensions in view of the next two matches, the last before the long stop in the world championship: now it is Mourinho who can no longer make a mistake, otherwise the enthusiasm seen so far could turn into a bad disappointment.
Sarri rejoices: "How nice it is to make our people happy, we put our hearts into it"
“The most important aspect is having made our people happy, this was the aim of the derby – exulted Sarri -. The match was not of the highest technical level, but of great physical and nervous expenditure. Watching the boys play with heart and soul was even more satisfying than any tactical order. This is one of the most heartfelt derbies in the world, I've played many especially in London, but there's never this emotional participation. This week we paid for that too, because the head was probably already here…”.
Mourinho is bitter: "Dybala's absence weighs more than Immobile and Milinkovic-Savic"
“Lazio won with a half goal, after which it wasn't easy to play against a team that was all short and managed the pace well – the analysis by Mourinho -. They defended their advantage well and we lacked lucidity, as well as the quality that can make the difference up front. There has been a lot of talk about Milinkovic-Savic e Property and never of Dybala, but I think his absence is the most important because he is the light that gives us assists and goals. Now he's working to go to the World Cup, let's hope his recovery goes well and he can be with us on Sunday against Turin".
