And today it's up to all the others. Filed on championship super saturday, it's time to think about today's matches that will see many teams fighting for noble areas on the field, starting with Naples and Rome. In fact, they will be the ones to bring to life an unusual afternoon, in which the 15 pm schedule, usually mistreated by advances and postponements, will once again be central. Furthermore, the away games in Lecce and Bologna are far from simple, especially after the European efforts of the week, but it is clear that the Azzurri and Giallorossi, if they have important ambitions, must find a way to overcome them unscathed.
Napoli arrives at the Via del Mare as favourites, there is no doubt about this, but it certainly cannot be said that they are at their best: the match against Liverpool left behind various physical waste, as demonstrated by the absences of Manolas, Younes and Allan , the first two for muscle problems, the last for flu. Ancelotti will thus be forced to give up two big players, not the best against an insidious opponent, capable of breaking the ice with Serie A by conquering Turin. However, the need to rotate men remains, also because on Wednesday there will be midweek with Cagliari and forces, as we know, must be managed in the best possible way.
The blue coach will return to a 4-4-2 with Ospina in goal, Malcuit, Maksimovic, Koulibaly and Ghoulam in defence, Callejon, Fabian Ruiz, Elmas and Zielinski in midfield, Insigne and Mertens in attack. Liverani, reassured by the 3 points won on the Toro field, will try another coup relying on the usual 4-3-1-2 with Gabriel between the posts, Rispoli, Lucioni, Rossettini and Calderoni in the back department, Majer, Tachtsidis and Tabanelli in the midfield , Mancosu behind the offensive duo made up of Falco and Babacar. All eyes are also on Dall'Ara, where a very interesting Bologna-Roma match between two of the most entertaining teams in the league will take place.
Both come from positive and pyrotechnic results (4-3 for the rossoblu in Brescia, 4-2 for the giallorossi against Sassuolo), to which must also be added the Europa League poker, testifying to very effective offensive phases and defenses, so to speak, a bit of a dancer. But if for Mihajlovic's team, perhaps, one can speak of an exception, so it is not for Fonseca's, now subscribed, as they say in betting jargon, to the "over plus goals". “I know the quality and excellent form of Bologna, but we won't change the way we approach the match - Fonseca's comment. – It will be a complex match against a very strong team, unbeaten with two wins and a draw, which totally reflects the character of their coach. But we are ready and strong in our convictions, as well as aware of the importance of finding balance”.
It goes without saying that these 3 points would have a significant impact on the standings and on the morale of the environment, which is why the Portuguese coach will field the best formation possible, especially since the match against Basaksehir was basically a friendly match. At Dall'Ara we will see the Giallorossi with the usual 4-2-3-1 with Pau Lopez in goal, Florenzi, Mancini, Fazio and Kolarov in defense, Cristante and Veretout in midfield, Zaniolo, Pellegrini and Mkhitaryan on the frontline, Dzeko in attack. The same game system also for Mihajlovic, who will respond with Skorupski between the posts, Tomiyasu, Bani, Denswil and Dijks in the back, Medel and Poli in the midfield, Orsolini, Soriano and Palacio in support of the lone striker Destro.
Other interesting matches of the day will be Sampdoria-Turin (15 pm), with the blucerchiati hunting for the first point and the grenades called to cancel the knockout with Lecce, Atalanta-Fiorentina (18) and Lazio-Parma (20.45pm), all with interesting European prospects, at least up to now. Because the championship is progressing and the standings are starting to take shape, one way or the other.
