Il Napoli wins twice. Indeed, after beating Sassuolo at Maradona, the Azzurri saw the Milan lose against Turin and also there Lazio succumb at home with Salernitana. This is how the lead points over the reigning champions become 6, while theAtalanta second in the standings (2-0 in Empoli) is at 5: numbers that make Spalletti smile, making his first real break of the season. The Devil thus returns home with broken bones and a really bad performance, one of the worst since the post lockdown, which costs heavy points and a good load of worry for Wednesday, when the qualification for the second round of the Champions League will be played in the inside / outside with Salzburg.
Turin – Milan 2-1, a bad Devil ends up 6 points behind Napoli
Bad match that of the Rossoneri, deservedly beaten by a Turin much more on the ballboth physically and mentally. And to think that Milan had started strong, finding themselves twice in front of Milinkovic-Savic with Leao, however badly wasting the opportunities. A flash in the pan, given that from then on the grenades gained meters, ending up gaining the upper hand in two minutes of fire in which Djidji (35') and then Miranchuk (37') scored first. In the interval Pioli tried to overturn everything by making courageous choices, such as removing Leao for Rebic, but also Diaz for De Ketelaere, but the product remained substantially the same, so much so that not even the Messias goal (67', suspicious push on Buongiorno) managed to give the right spark.
Pioli: “A defeat that hurts. Leao? She was not in the evening ”
“We weren't lucid, we didn't play a high-level game – he admitted Pioli -. We needed quality and determination in the episodes and we weren't good at it, we conceded too much. Does Leao's gearbox make noise? It wasn't his best night for sure. We started the second half better, we probably needed an early play to change the evening's fate. AND a defeat that hurts. Disappointment? Definitely, because we wanted to continue the streak and not succeeding is disappointing. We'll work better for the next races, starting with the next one where we're up for an important goal."
Lazio – Salernitana 1-3, Sarri loses the match and Milinkovic for the derby
The other "noisy" defeat on Sunday is that of Lazio, beaten at home by Salernitana. The Olimpico match had two faces, with the biancocelesti doing well in the first half (closing the lead thanks to Zaccagni's goal in the 41st minute) and the grenade in the second, in which a real turnaround was accomplished by Candreva (51', splendid lob), Fazio (68') and Dia (76'). To complete the Lazio disaster theyellow card from Milinkovic-Savic, ironically left on the bench due to the warning that could have made him miss next Sunday's derby. However, given the progress of the match, Sarri threw him into the fray in the middle of the second half and the dreaded yellow card arrived, even if more due to the referee than to him (the one on Bronn, objectively, was not a card foul ).
Furious Sarri: “Milinkovic? If I speak they will disqualify me for six months”
“It wasn't even a foul, Milinkovic-Savic played the ball and the other came on late”, the Furious comment from Sarri. “In fifty years I have never seen this type of yellow card, if I say what I think of this episode they give me a six month ban. We had a good game, we had it in hand. Then we were unprepared because perhaps the boys had given up on the match and we reacted in a confused way, losing order and balance. After the draw, everything changed and the refereeing contributed to not keeping the atmosphere serene, even if we should have the strength to overcome everything”
Verona – Rome (18.30 pm, Dazn)
La Roma he could thus overtake his cousins and appear in the derby ahead of the standings, provided however that he wins in Verona in one of today's two postponements (the other is Monza – Bologna at 20.45). Not an impossible mission but not even a foregone conclusion, in the light of the cup struggles shown by Milan and Lazio mentioned above. Even the Giallorossi, in fact, are returning from a tight match in Helsinki and on Thursday they will have another one against Ludogorets so as not to say goodbye prematurely to theEuropa League, Verona is also in desperate need of points and will try to snatch them tooth and nail. However, Mourinho knows well how this week is very delicate and does not want to start it with a false step which, most likely, would undermine the security of his team, already put to the test by the defeat against Napoli, so he has every intention of clearing the Bentegodi and return to the Champions League zone.
Verona – Rome, the formations: Mou loses Spinazzola until January
The idea was to deploy the typical formation, but then it stopped Spinazzola due to a muscle problem and Mourinho had to revise his plans, giving up another star player in addition to the usual Dybala and Wijnaldum. The Giallorossi 3-4-2-1 will thus see Rui Patricio in goal, Mancini, Smalling and Ibanez in defense, Karsdorp, Cristante, Camara and Zalewski in midfield, Zaniolo and Pellegrini in the trocar, Abraham in attack. Bocchetti, still without points after the defeats against Milan and Sassuolo, will try to move the standings with the same game system, with Montipò between the posts, Hien, Gunter and Ceccherini in the back department, Faraoni, Tameze, Veloso and Depaoli in midfielder, Kallon and Verdi behind lone striker Henry.
