The race becomes three-way. The Juventus' success over Milan compacts the ranking, merging the leighth championship in just two points: theInter smiles more than anyone, thanks to their newfound first place, Juventus follows, thanks to a huge success, while Milan can only foam with anger and complain about a bad match, in which the Bianconeri were able to exploit one of the few favorable episodes and take the stakes. Thiaw's expulsion (40') and the Locatelli network (63'), to underline how the evening was destined to be tinged with black and white, regardless of the performance of a Milan team which was however subpar compared to usual. THE bianconeri they are confirmed as not very nice to look at, but very effective: basically this is enough, at least if you look at a ranking that is decidedly higher than expectations at the start of the season, regardless of the (many) off-field problems.
Milan – Juventus 0-1, Allegri slips: “The victory changes nothing, the objective is fourth place”
“If we are satisfied with the victory we are not going anywhere, we must improve in the management phase, without ever forcing the plays but going without fail – theAllegri's analysis -. Are we at the top level? No, this match doesn't change anything. We always aim to return to the Champions League, Inter, Milan and Napoli remain ahead. Then there are many teams that are piling together, like Fiorentina, Roma and Atalanta, but we have to take it one step at a time."
Milan – Juventus 0-1, Pioli regrets: “We were equal even with 10 men”
“On the occasion of the expulsion there was both an individual and team error – he sighed Pioli -. We also played on equal terms with 10 men, Thiaw had to stall and not try to advance, he was also unlucky because he slipped, but he could have done better. This defeat takes nothing away from us, if we could do as we did after the derby, this bad day is welcome, the team is taking the right path, the path is the right one even if there is a lot of tension and disappointment because we didn't get the result we wanted."
Roma – Genoa 1-0, Mourinho sent off late: “I silenced the Monza bench”
Very important victory also for Rome, which moves into seventh place thanks to a 1-0 win over Monza signed El Shaarawy (90'). The Italian-Egyptian, who came on in the second half in place of Bove, decided a very tough match that was destined to end in a draw, despite the fact that the Brianza players were numerically inferior from 41' toexpulsion of D'Ambrosio. However, the Giallorossi did not seem able to break the deadlock, partly due to an all too predictable maneuver (the absences of Dybala and Pellegrini, in this sense, were felt), partly due to some unfortunate episodes such as the crossbar hit by Lukaku and Azmoun's post, although it is fair to underline that the Monza, regardless of the man less, he certainly hasn't gave up on attacking on the counterattack.
At the end here was the decisive blow from El Shaarawy, who then burst into liberating tears to seal a very difficult week, marked by Corona's accusations (denied by the Turin Prosecutor's Office) regarding an alleged involvement in the betting case. From then on, everything happened, with Mourinho expelled for having silenced (after miming the sign of crying) the Monza bench: the Special One will thus miss the match against Inter next Sunday. “I made that gesture but I didn't offend anyone – replied the person concerned -. Last year in Monza we played an excellent match and people with no experience (Palladino, ed.) said bad words to us, but this time the only bench that put on a show was theirs. Having said that, we faced a worthy opponent with a good coach, I am very happy with the victory even if it is fair to say that Monza did not deserve to lose."
