Il Napoli it doesn't stop anymore. The Azzurri win their eighth consecutive match between the league and the Champions League, score another 4 goals and, more importantly, take the top spot on their own. Yes, because Atalanta, level on points until yesterday, was stopped by Udinese on a draw, thus leaving the field free for the blue mini-escape. It's too early to talk about Scudetto, especially since there is a certain crowding back there and a misstep, however minimal, can change things in an amen, it is clear, however, that Napoli's prices rise week after week, also by virtue of the quality of the game, currently the best in the league. The members maintain the so-called low-profile, but the fans are wild and they have every reason to: a team like this has excellent reasons to dream big.
Cremonese-Naples 1-4, the blue bench enters and makes the difference
Luciano Spalletti can be proud, because the victory came at the end of a much more complex race than the final result says. In fact, after closing the first half behind due to a penalty by Politano (26', foul by Bianchetti on Kvaratskhelia), La Cremonese had managed to equalize with Dessers (47') and seemed to have more from a physical point of view. At that point, however, as has already happened on other occasions, the bench came into play: inside Simeone, Lozano and Olivera and the game completely turned around. The cholito he found the invaluable 2-1 with a close header (76'), the Chuky he scored the 3-1 with an easy tap-in on an assist from the usual Kvaratskhelia (90+3'), the Uruguayan closed the score just a moment before the referee sent everyone to the locker room (90+5') .
Spalletti rejoices: "Difficult match, we were good at staying lucid"
“It wasn't an easy match because, after going ahead, we conceded an equalizer from an unfortunate rebound and the match moved to features that aren't in our comfort zone – explained Spalletti -. However, the team remained lucid and continued to try to make themselves dangerous, and I also have to congratulate those who took over. Players are willing to do well in the minutes they are given, without thinking that they would have done well in those who haven't played, are young and want to take advantage of all the opportunities they are given".
Rome-Lecce 2-1: Dybala brings Mou to less than 4 from the top, then gets hurt (World Cup at risk)
Important victory also for the Roma, who beat Lecce and move to fifth place in the standings (but tonight Lazio, if successful in Florence, would overtake them), just one point from zona Champions and 4 from leaders Napoli. The good news is essentially this, because the match, which remained in the balance in terms of points despite 70' in numerical superiority (Hjulmand sent off for a bad foul on Belotti), risks taking a back seat after theDybala injury, who came out in pain from a muscle problem remedied at the time of kicking the decisive penalty. Joya, good and cold in displacing Falcone, immediately felt a sharp pain in her left thigh and immediately left the field: today there will be instrumental tests and more will be known, but the risk that the injury is serious is rather concrete (and in just over a month the World Cup in Qatar begins…). In any case, after taking the lead again, Roma no longer risked anything in particular, indeed they could have scored the third goal if Falcone had not outdone himself on Abraham. It doesn't matter, because what mattered most to him were the 3 points and those arrived, albeit with much more effort than expected.
Mourinho worried about Dybala: 'He's very ill'
"I don't remember many games played in 11 against 10 in which I couldn't wait for the match to end – confirmed Mourinho -. There was physical and also mental tiredness, playing on Thursday and Sunday is tough… But this is not an excuse: we went on the pitch well, with intensity and pressure, then it became difficult in numerical superiority because we managed it badly. Instead of playing simple we complicated things, I didn't like this management. Dybala? I say it is bad not to say very bad, I'm not a doctor but from my experience, from how I saw him and from what he told me I can say that it's difficult to see him back on the field before January". A bad shingle, there's no denying it, even if the hope, to tell the truth less and less concrete, is that today's exams reveal a less serious picture than expected.
