Winning to find yourself. Juventus and Napoli are preparing for a very delicate championship Sunday and not only due to the qualities of Bologna and Parma. In fact, the double trip to Emilia won't change anything in terms of the championship but it will be very indicative on a psychological level, an aspect that is extremely fundamental at this point of the season. Above all, it is the black and whites who have to give a signal of strength and certainly not for questions of classification: the beating in Madrid still hurts and an immediate response is needed. In this sense, the away game in Bologna (at 15 pm), against a team hungry for points and showing great growth in terms of play and conviction, can provide several interesting ideas, starting with the general state of form of the troop. “We have these 20 days to prepare this challenge, that is 'the challenge’, of the 12 March Allegri explained. – With great enthusiasm, adrenaline to the max and it must and will certainly be a great evening. To get to 12 March, however, first we have to do well in the next three championship matches, starting from the match against Bologna. With the new coach they changed pacebut we want get to the direct clash with Naples with an unchanged advantage. We have a good chance of going through, but it won't be easy. If we played on Wednesday we would be out, but we have twenty days to go... ".
Even the Juventus coach he makes no secret of the precarious condition of many of his players, which is why the next league matches, regardless of the standings, will have to be played in crescendo: the intensity necessary to overturn Atletico Madrid, moreover, must be properly prepared now. What is certain is that there will be no tactical experiments in Bologna but there will be a lot of turnover, therefore a 4-3-3 with Perin in goal, Cancelo, Bonucci, Caceres and Alex Sandro in defense, Matuidi, Pjanic and betancur in midfield, Bernardeschi, Mandzukic and Ronaldo in attack. Mihajlovic, already the author of a great feat at the San Siro against Inter, will attempt another by relying on a 4-2-3-1 that will see Skorupski between the poles, Mbaye, Gonzalez, Danilo e Dijks in the back department, Poli e Thumb in the midfield, Edera, Soriano and Sansone behind the lone striker Santander. About an hour later and 96 miles further north, the spotlight will shift to the Tardini of Parma, where the team of D'Aversa will receive Ancelotti's Napoli. Even here, albeit with due proportions, the speech made previously for Juve is valid: the Azzurri must absolutely work on intensity and tension, otherwise they risk finding themselves unprepared when the Europa League, the only real objective left, comes alive.
The match with Parma obviously can't move much in terms of the Scudetto but Ancelotti's men must not lose motivation and keep fighting like in the first part of the season, when the head pushed the legs in the right way. To do this, first of all we need to solve the goal problem, which is decisive in slowing down Napoli's run: the three 0-0 draws in the last 4 games, to which must be added the defeat in the Coppa Italia against Milan, more than many words testify to it. The three goals scored against Zurich could have uncorked the blue attack but Parma need confirmation, even if Insigne's disqualification doesn't help. Ancelotti seems oriented towards confirming the excellent results Ounas seen in the Cup, otherwise 4-4-2 type with Meret in goal, Malcooked, Maximovich, Koulibaly e Ghoulam in defence, Callejon, Allan, Fabian Ruiz e Zielinski in midfield, Owned in attack. Classic 4-3-3 also for D'Aversa, who will respond with Sepe between the poles, iacoponi, Bruno Alves Gagliolo and Gobbi in the back department, Rigoni, Kucka e Barilla in the median, Gervinho, English and Biabiany in the offensive trident.
