Password: restart. The bad elimination in the Champions League requires an immediate response from Inter and the speech, albeit with due proportions, also applies to Juventus, called to cancel the annoying, however painless, ko of Bern. Saturday in the championship to be monitored with particular attention both on the Nerazzurri and on the Juventus front, even if the opponents have a different weight. In fact, the calendar gives Spalletti a rather comfortable chance at home against Udinese (18 pm), Allegri instead will have to face Mazzarri's Bull in an always tricky derby such as that of the Mole (20.30). Needless to reiterate that, on paper, Juventus are the favorites: the technical values say it, the statistics underline it, which have seen them lose only once in the last 26 comparisons between the championship and the Italian cup. Scary numbers, yet the grenades arrive in this derby number 197 (175 in Serie A) as best they could not. Last Sunday's draw in Milan certified the solidity of a club that has long since come out of the annoying dimension of "small" and decided, indeed, to make the leap in quality by earning a place in Europe.
The desire to trip the Lady, if possible, is even stronger than usual but Allegri has no intention of being caught unprepared. “This is the most difficult obstacle we will have between now and the end of the year – he explained at the press conference. – Toro have only lost three times and they played a good game in Milan too, and we get there a few hours after the game in Bern. A test of character will be needed, we have to win and no matter how…”. The fuel light would therefore seem to worry the Juventus coach a little, especially since the stops of Cuadrado and Cancel it, the latter forced to undergo meniscus surgery and thus miss all the remaining challenges of 2018. However, tonight's 4-3-3 will be highly competitive with Perin in goal (a choice announced by Allegri himself), De Sciglio, Chiellini, Bonucci and Alex Sandro in defense, Emre Can, Pjanic and Matuidi in midfield, Dybala, Ronaldo and Mandzukic in attack. Classic 3-5-2 also for Mazzarri, who will try to win the derby with Sirigu in goal, Izzo, Nkolou e Djidji in the back department, De Silvestri, Rincon, Baselli, Meite and Ansaldi in the midfield behind the offensive couple Zaza-Belotti. However, the spotlights on matchday 16 will be turned on by Inter, called to redeem the disappointment of the Champions League at home against Udinese.
[smiling_video id="69580″]
[/smiling_video]
Returning to San Siro a few days after the "crime" can be a help but also a problem, depending on one's point of view: certainly Spalletti, highly contested by the press and fans, has only one result available. “It's right to keep the viewfinder focused on me – glossed over the Nerazzurri coach. – We had to do more, of course, but I don't think there's any point in demolishing what the team has done in this year and a half. Now Udinese is waiting for us and we want to win to find the right path immediately”. Today's 3 points are almost obligatory and not just for mood issues: the last month, thanks to a complicated calendar, saw only one victory (Frosinone) against a draw (Roma) and two defeats (Atalanta and Juve), with the logical consequence of having lost ground from the top of the class. It is urgent an immediate restart already against Udinese, which Spalletti will face with a 4-3-3 with Handanovic in goal, vrsaljkoDe Free, Skriniar and D'Ambrosio in defence, Gagliardini, Brozovic and Joao Mario in midfield, Politano, Icardi and Perisic in attack. Nicola will try to take advantage of the Nerazzurri's difficult moment with a 3-5-2 that will see Musso in goal, Larsen, Nuytinck e Troost-Ekong in the back department, Ter West, Fofana, Behrami, Mandragora and Pezzella in the midfield, supporting the offensive duo De Paul-Lasagna.
