Milan collapses, Juve as well. The incredible championship Saturday he smiles only at Napoli, relaunched from the 1-0 signed by Insigne and at Inter, who tonight, in the event of a victory over Lazio, would take first place, moreover gaining 3 points over both rivals. The first pages on the defeat of the Lady were already ready, but then the Devil managed to do even worse, earning the unedifying nine-column title by right: losing against Napoli, even if in crisis, it can be okay, being humiliated by Spezia definitely no. Yes, because the 2-0 gained at the Peak is even close to the Ligurians, authors of a spectacular match from all points of view.
Tactical, why Italian has harnessed the Rossoneri with a suffocating 360° pressing, physical, given that Spezia did not lose a tackle or a second ball, technical, in the light of a Milan unable to create even just one goal opportunity. In short, if the result wasn't even more round it is only thanks to Donnarumma, author of a super save after just a few minutes and the crossbar, which stopped the 3-0 in the final. It doesn't matter, because the defeat remains and risks doing a lot of harm: if Inter were to win tonight, in fact, overtaking in the standings would materialize, all within a week of the derby, which risks completely overturning the hierarchies.
"This ko is totally deserved, it was an evening in which nothing worked and we were unable to express ourselves – Pioli admitted bluntly -. But now we have to react and we certainly will, matches against strong opponents await us, but we are strong too". The Rossoneri coach rightly didn't let himself get discouraged, but the alarm bells must ring out loud and clear. Milan have already lost four games since January, showing some vulnerabilities that never emerged in the first part of the season, furthermore the new signings, with the exception of Tomori, are not giving what was expected. Yesterday, however, the defeat cannot be attributed to an individual, simply because nothing really worked.
Since the first minutes, Spezia showed an extra gear, to then engage the fifth gear at the beginning of the second half, with the one-two signed by Maggiore (56') and Bastoni (67'), without the Rossoneri being able to offer resistance . Pioli tried to reverse course with a few changes, but the music didn't change, delivering the historic La Spezia success to the almanacs and Inter a wonderful opportunity to overtake. However, the points on Juve will remain 7, because the bianconeri interrupted their run-up on the Saturday which could have relaunched them in the standings. Heavy defeat therefore, on the field of a Napoli that seemed to be in disarray and which instead showed a great desire to fight, winning the 3 points at the end of a painful and tight match.
Emblematic the final image with all the blue players to embrace Gattuso, who emerged victorious from the fratricidal duel with Pirlo, forced instead to deal with a very heavy knockout. “It was a Napoli in great difficulty, with many absences, but which played the game it was supposed to – the words of the blue coach -. We suffered a lot, with great team spirit. Juve certainly deserved something more, but the boys knew how to suffer. It's a great victory, we needed it for morale, now we hope to recover all the injured players". “We have never conceded a shot on goal and we lost due to a dubious episode – replied the Juventus coach -. The team played a good game and created a lot, it's a pity we didn't score. These defeats are felt, the top remains far away but the championship is long, the important thing is to perform well. Now let's think about the Champions League…".
Mind you, losing to Maradona can also be there, the problem is that Juve, in the first round, lost many points by the wayside, with the result that today the standings are far below expectations. Pirlo was betrayed yesterday by the men most representative of him, namely Ronaldo and Chiellini. The first, beyond a performance without rings, missed a fairly comfortable opportunity at the beginning of the second half, the second instead obtained the penalty that decided the match by hitting Rrahmani with a slap. Insigne went to the penalty spot, defying his very personal black and white curse: there were three missed penalties in his career against Juve, but this time he made no mistake, reaching 100 with the blue shirt, but above all giving his team a very important success (31' ).
now Napoli is fourth in the standings, together with the two Romans: incredible, considering the chaos around her coach, yet it is so. Because this championship, on the other hand, doesn't follow a logical script, but thrives on ups and downs that repeat themselves, in alternating teams, more or less every week.
