Between the championship and the transfer market. The weekend that begins today promises to be richer than ever, in the light of a football that doubles: on the one hand that played, on the other that of negotiations. The first will see the start of the new Serie A, albeit in a reduced format: Benevento-Inter, Lazio-Atalanta and Udinese-Spezia, in fact, will be postponed to 30 September due to the commitments of last season, which inevitably ended late (the men of Conte and Gasperini in the cups, those of the Italian in the playoffs of B). There will be only 7 races on this first day, but we'll make it enough: curiosity is great, even if the break was decidedly shorter than usual. We start with today's advances between Fiorentina-Turin (18 pm) and Verona-Rome (20.45 pm), to then continue tomorrow with Parma-Naples, Genoa-Crotone, Sassuolo-Cagliari and Juventus-Sampdoria, until the postponement on Monday between Milan and Bologna.
Almost everything behind closed doors, with the exception of Emilia Romagna, which sensationally reopened the stadiums of Parma and Sassuolo yesterday (with reduced capacity), but that's the truth: in these dark times it's better to be content with what you have, in the hope to get back to normal as soon as possible. A lot of curiosity, we said, for Serie A 20/21 e all its news, starting with Pirlo's Juventus, which we will talk about better tomorrow, a few hours after his debut with Sampdoria. However, it is good to remember that the real championship, understood as a full ranked championship, will only start from 20 pm on 5 October, when the transfer market will close its doors. Only then will we really have the picture of the participants, currently still far from being defined.
There are many operations in the pipeline, some close to closing, others more distant, others not yet started, with the result that the first two rounds, including recoveries, will be rather interlocutors, even if with heavy points up for grabs. Let's take Roma, expected from Bentegodi's advance against Juric's Verona: Fonseca will have to face the match with that Dzeko who, ironically, will be the opponent next Sunday in the super challenge with Juve. "He's here with us now and will play", the Giallorossi coach cut short, even if in the end the aforementioned, evidently conditioned by market rumors (the operation will become official on Monday after Milik's move to the Giallorossi), should start from the bench . A problem that also affects the Bianconeri, who will make their debut tomorrow evening without the new striker.
Soon, however, they will have Dzeko, while the Suarez mystery is raging: the Uruguayan, despite the radio market giving him a long way off, nevertheless underwent the Italian exam in Perugia, thus preparing to become a Community member. This has meant that there is talk of him again in Italy, with Juve always in pole position, even if the purchase of him, combined with that of the Bosnian, would put Dybala at the door, whose spaces, at that point, would be really reduced . Difficult scenario to make, that's why from Spain they relaunch by bringing Pistolero closer to Inter: even here, however, it is "interested" news, given that the deal would be subject to the sale of Lautaro Martinez. At the moment there are no confirmations, but Conte is certainly looking forward to the promised reinforcements.
At the moment, only Hakimi, Kolarov and Pinamonti have arrived, while there is no trace of Vidal (but the transfer of Godin to Cagliari, completed yesterday, should unlock everything) and Kanté, but neither of the left winger and the central defender. However, Marotta and Ausilio, as stated by President Zhang, must first sell and the list is long and complicated (Nainggolan, Perisic and Brozovic above all). Construction sites are also open for Milan and Naples, with the Rossoneri still looking for a central defender (Milenkovic), a midfielder (Bakayoko) and an offensive winger (Chiesa, even if Lyon, in the deal for Paquetà, proposed Depay), and the Azzurri for a playmaker (Veretout) and a right winger (shaded Under, the dream is Boga).
In short, Serie A which starts today is still far from reality, but no less important for this: the points up for grabs, in fact, are real and certainly don't take into account the difficulties of managers and coaches, grappling with the poorest, but no less crackling, market ever.
