Habemus fights for the championship. The verdict, however partial, comes from a Sunday that saw Juve win in Frosinone, but above all Napoli conquer Turin. In fact, the great doubt was not on the consistency of the bianconeri, evidently destined for a season of technical overwhelming power and results, but on that of the Azzurri, still to be verified after the handover from the beloved Sarri to the more successful, yet less inserted, Ancelotti .
The 3-1 from the Olimpico is such a strong and clear response that the Lady, perhaps, ended up accusing her, at least slightly. In fact, Frosinone's 2-0 must not deceive: for 80' the Ciociaria wall held up well and Allegri had to work hard to re-establish the ranking hierarchies. But then, as often happens, it was the champions who made the difference and since Juve have many and Frosinone none, the final result is explained. First Cristiano Ronaldo (81'), then Bernardeschi (94') bent Longo's resistance, avoiding the Bianconeri's first misstep of the season and Napoli a Sunday of enormous pleasure.
"When you don't unlock matches it becomes tough but in the long run, if you press the right way, the goal comes - Allegri's analysis - Winning was important, we know that Napoli are close to us, after all they have been doing it for three years and now they have also took a good and successful coach. But we have to keep pushing on the accelerator, we want to get to the direct match on Saturday with at least a 3-point advantage”.
Which, in a nutshell, means beating Bologna at the Stadium, although the hope that Parma will trip the San Paolo is loud and clear. But Napoli, at least the one seen in Turin, does not seem to want to give anyone any discounts, on the contrary: yesterday we saw all the hunger of a group reinvigorated by Ancelotti, whose decision to involve everyone, none excluded, in the turnover would seem to pay off quite well .
Yesterday, from the starting eleven, Milik, Zielinski and Mario Rui were left out but the performance was not affected at all: Verdi, on the pitch from the start in place of the Pole, scored his first goal in the blue shirt (20') , just to give a concrete example.
On the other hand, the one who is never out, at least for now, is Insigne and the reason is obvious: yesterday's brace (4' and 60'), in addition to eliminating the value of Belotti's goal (50' from a penalty), demonstrated , if still needed, how much "Lorenzinho" is now essential for Naples.
"This 4-4-2 gave us solidity but woe to say I enjoyed it - Ancelotti's words - Honestly, I always worry a lot on the bench...".
Definitely more serene De Laurentiis, who as usual spared no barbs at Sarri, now almost as frequent as compliments to Carletto. “Life is beautiful when everything doesn't flow the same and with Ancelotti it's fun – his comment – After all, he doesn't have to prove anything, he has won everything and more and in fact I took him to not have nightmares at the end of the game. If I hadn't changed we would never have been able to understand how strong our squad is, and then what's the point of winning the first few games if you have crashes afterwards?”.
The soap opera continues, but we are definitely more interested in the championship fight. Because since yesterday, even without definitive certainties, there is the feeling that, at least, we will have one.
