NOVARA- ROME 0-2
THE GENOA TRAGEDY ALSO AFFECTS FOOTBALL.
GENOA-INTER POSTPONED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED!
POSTPONEMENT ALSO FOR NAPLES-JUVENTUS
We already understood that Genoa-Inter would not be played in the early afternoon of Friday. “90% will not play – Stefano Anzalone, Councilor for Sport, said in the early afternoon of Friday – We have closed all the sports facilities in the city, including Luigi Ferraris, to protect the health of those who work in the facilities”. Given the emergency that has hit the whole of Liguria, the match between Genoa and Inter was really the last priority, but it gives a good idea of the seriousness of the situation. Because the god of money often got the upper hand (remember September 11, 2001, when UEFA still wanted to play the Champions League matches?!), but this time it wasn't really possible to make the best of a bad situation. Between victims (including children) and various devastations, football must step aside, trouble if it were not so.
Inter rallied around the victims of the Genoese tragedy, through the mouth of the Nerazzurri managing director Ernesto Paolillo: "Right now, the match is the least of our worries: there is a context in which one cannot think sporty look. There have also been some children who have died, and for this reason our thoughts go to the people who are suffering. There aren't the conditions to play a football match, especially on a moral level". Difficult to blame him, with the center of Genoa completely flooded, especially the Marassi area (that of the stadium). Traffic is completely blocked, Brignole station flooded, the city paralyzed for fear of gas leaks. No, football is definitely not a priority.
The luxury challenge of this round was certainly that of the San Paolo, between Naples and Juventus. But bad weather also stopped this match, postponed to a later date after the summit in the Prefecture this morning in the Campania capital.
MILAN IS LOOKING FOR SUCCESS IN THE STANDINGS AND CASSANO.
THE ROSSONERI WANT A 5TH CONSECUTIVE VICTORY IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
BUT CATANIA HAS ALREADY STOPPED ALL THE GREAT TEAMS.
Sunday afternoon all eyes will be on San Siro. Milan – Catania has all it takes to be a fun and spectacular match. The Rossoneri want to win their 5th consecutive victory in the league, and then sit down to "gufare" Juventus. However, beating the Sicilians won't be easy, as we have seen in this first phase of the championship. Juventus, Inter, Fiorentina, Lazio and Naples, here they are the illustrious victims of Catania, who have never lost against the greats and sometimes even won. Milan have been warned, Montella and his friends won't come to the San Siro to be tourists. But the Rossoneri, ranking aside, have an excellent reason to score full points: Antonio Cassano. The Bari player, who underwent heart surgery on Friday morning, will catalyze the attention of the entire stadium, which will dedicate banners and chants to him. His teammates will then do everything to dedicate a victory to him, something they would have already wanted to do last Tuesday in Belarus. Of course, the Rossoazzurri's form and the numerous absences in Milan's offensive department suggest that the match at San Siro could be open to any result.
LAZIO, AFTER THE AWAY VICTORIES, THEY NEED THOSE AT THE OLIMPICO.
UDINESE, AGAINST SIENA TO FORGET THE EUROPEAN DISASTER.
CHIEVO - FIORENTINA, ONE BETWEEN DI CARLO AND SINISA WILL SKIP!
After "breaking the bank" in the friendly stadium in the Europa League, it's time for Edy Reja's Lazio to do it again in the league. Franco Colomba's Parma will arrive in Rome, who last week regained victory after a very difficult period. Paradoxically, Lazio are doing better away than at home: apart from the victory in the 94th minute against Roma, the biancocelesti have never won at the Olimpico in the league, while away from the capital they travel like trains. Should they keep the same pace even at home, the Scudetto would become a truly possible goal. Important round also for Udinese, who, like Lazio, will try to undermine the top of the standings. The bianconeri have no problems winning at home, if anything, the opposite: in fact, Guidolin's men have built up a large part of their tally in Friuli, both in the league and in the Europa League.
By the way, Thursday night's embarrassment is still etched in the minds of all fans. One might wonder at what point Italian football has reached if the second in the standings takes 4 from Atletico Madrid, were it not that all the possible reserves imaginable were playing at the Calderon. Can anyone explain to us why? We close the presentation of the day with Chievo – Fiorentina. A very delicate match for both teams, and, fatally, for both coaches. Mimmo Di Carlo on one side, Sinisa Mihajlovic on the other, one of the two is seriously risking his job. Chievo, after getting off to a good start, ran into a black streak of three consecutive defeats, two of which against Bologna and Siena, direct competitors for salvation. Fiorentina are no better off, which with the victory over Genoa last Sunday simply postponed the exam for Mihajlovic. The Bentegodi test will be decisive for the future of the two technicians, who could choose to "save" each other: the show, at least on paper, shouldn't pass through Verona.
