The Scudetto speech ends here, the fight for third place too, the one for second instead is more alive than ever. Consequences of Roma's victory over Napoli, a very heavy result that calls into question a ranking that seemed by now outlined. Nainggolan's goal allowed the Giallorossi to move within just 2 points of the Azzurri, a very narrow margin which kept the fight going until the end.
“It will be difficult to finish second but we will try – commented Luciano Spalletti. – The calendar is in favor of Napoli but we are happy to have earned this chance, when I arrived here it was unthinkable to aim so high”. True, so much so that many wonder what would have happened if Garcia's exemption had arrived a few weeks earlier.
It wasn't easy to recover so much ground in the standings, as well as beating Napoli in a blocked and nervous game, far below expectations on the eve. The two best attacks in the championship challenged each other as well as two offensive and spectacular game philosophies, but the stakes were very high and this meant that the teams almost ended up canceling each other out.
Almost precisely, because in the final Roma took the joker with Nainggolan, very good at killing Reina with a shot from the edge of the area (89'). A goal celebrated both at the Olimpico and in Turin, where in the meantime the black and white people took to the streets for the Scudetto.
Napoli, on the other hand, has a lot to think about, starting with a drop away from San Paolo (with yesterday's we are 3 consecutive away defeats) which has complicated the club's plans a lot.
In fact, second place, taken almost for granted until recently, is in serious danger and this scares De Laurentiis a lot, who is far from enticed by the prospect of a preliminary round to enter the Champions League.
“We are still second with 73 points – reads the official website of the company. – We start again next Monday at the San Paolo with Atalanta, the first of the 3 finals that divide us from the European champions. The adventure continues, all united to achieve the feat…”.
The duel for the silver medal promises to be more beautiful than ever and the outcome, ça va sans dire, is anything but obvious.
