Party postponed. We'll find out if it's a week or just a day tonight after Chievo-Naples (18pm), but in the meantime Juve have to deal with a painless defeat for them but full of consequences for many other teams. The success of Spal, in fact, shuffles the cards in the safety zone and triggers more than one controversy over the black and white people, guilty of having faced the match in a much less "serious" way than usual. The ultra-experimental formation chosen by Allegri (within the young Gozzi and Kastanos from the start, as well as the returning Barzagli and Cuadrado) was not liked by Udinese, Bologna, Empoli and Frosinone, all beaten by the Lady-type and now forced to reckon with a different classification, which sees the shoulder pads even in 13th place. "Just win, one more point is enough – glossed over the Juventus coach. – Making records is very difficult, you have to spend energy and then there is Europe. If we put all the starters it would have been easier but on Tuesday we have too important a match".
In short, the ethical side, however worthy of consideration, cannot however go beyond the limit of logic: that Allegri, with a 20-point advantage over the second and a quarter-final at the door, faces a turnover, in fact, is more than understandable, indeed the opposite would even have been open to criticism. And then it must also be said that Juve had also tried to win this match, so much so that they ended the first half ahead thanks to the usual Kean, by now a real sentence: his goal in the 30th minute, the sixth in the league ( better than a certain Del Piero, who at 19 had stopped at 5), seemed to be able to direct the challenge towards Turin, where the cases of Champagne were already ready to celebrate the Scudetto. But in the second half Spal, evidently hungrier, first equalized with Bonifazi (49'), then found the advantage with Floccari (74'), forcing Agnelli and partners to put the bottles back in the fridge. We will soon know if these have to remain closed at least until next Saturday's match against Fiorentina, because the Scudetto could also come today if Napoli fail to win against Chievo.
It's hard to say who, between Ancelotti's blues and Di Carlo's yellow and blues, has more stimuli: both have very little to ask for in this championship given that the former are already certain of qualification in the Champions League and the latter of relegation to Serie B. Of course, however, Napoli he is tired of making a bad impression and if it is true that the head will be projected on Arsenal, it is also true that losing more points would be very annoying for Ancelotti, whose season is slipping dangerously towards anonymity. It is urgent to find the feeling with the victory, which is why the coach, while rotating a few men in view of the Europa League, will line up a respectable 4-4-2 with Ospina in goal, Malcuit, Chiriches, Luperto and Ghoulam in defense, Ounas , Fabian Ruiz, Allan and Verdi in midfield, Milik and Insigne in attack. Di Carlo, by now condemned to relegation as last of the class, will try to give a (small) joy to his supporters with a 5-3-2 that will see Sorrentino between the posts, Depaoli, Cesar, Andreolli, Barba and Kiyine in the back. Jackets, Rigoni and Hetemaj in the midfield, Vignato and Pellissier offensive couple.
