Football. ua sums up the sixteenth round of the championship of Italy.

As expected, having said goodbye to the European cups until the spring, those who represented Italy in the Champions League, who also led this year's struggle for the Scudetto, sighed with relief and ... amicably lost points, allowing them to stay on top of the European-. In the results of the teams that spoke in the European League, there was at least some variety. Milan won the first victory under the leadership of Gennaro Gattuso, managed to snatch three points and Atalanta. But Lazio lost in a duel with ambiguous refereeing.

If we consider the tour as a whole, he was surprised by the abundance of peaceful outcomes at the start (only five), and for the first time since the seventeenth round of the season-1965/1966 (that is, more than half a century) in the same round, they failed to score a single the ball Juventus, Napoli, Roma and Inter Milan.

Tour results Survivor, part two Juventus in the last two rounds had to play with the leaders of the Serie A championship. And if a week ago with Napoli managed to cope, then something went wrong with Inter. Judging by the fact that Massimiliano Allegri decided to do without Dibala, Alex Sandro and Douglas Costa in the starting line-up, Juventus did not intend to rush headlong into the attack, but is going to use the same tactics that brought the "old signor" success against the Neapolitans - the game from defense counting on counterattacks.

But the trouble is that Inter decided to act the same way as in his duel with the same Napoli - do not miss it at any cost, and there as it will turn out. No, at first "snakes" a little patted the nerves of the owners, but when the initial assault did not bring success, they began to implement the basic plan.

Realizing that the moment for a counter-attack may not be, Juventus moved to active action. That's just no matter how trying to "zebra" to open an account, they could not do it: then Manjukichu will not be lucky, then Handanovich will help out. As a result, the words of Luciano Spalletti, which he says from time to time, are confirmed, when everyone starts to admire Ikardi: "If it were not Khandanovich ...". But Ikardi was completely turned off from the game, which is not surprising, since all of his balls suppliers were more occupied with defense.

As a result, Inter's plan worked: as against Napoli, "Nerazzurri", fighting with all his might, still defended his goal and finished the match in a draw, retaining at least until Sunday, the first place. That's just somehow ashamed of this tactic of survival to claim champion's ambitions. However, if Inter intends to further divide the points with competitors and beat all the others, it can also reach the finish line at the leading position. And the winner is not judged, and who then remembers how he forged his (still hypothetical) gold Inter.

The match in Turin once again showed that if the competitors at their best do not concede (possibly) to Juventus in class, then the current champion has over all of them a huge advantage - a long bench. And if the same Inter can only replace players who are significantly inferior in class (with rare exceptions) to leaders, in the composition of Juve it is even difficult to clearly divide the composition into main and non-main (again with rare exception).

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Failures on all fronts Everything that has been said about Inter's staffing potential is fully relevant to Napoli. The team, most recently admired by the whole of Europe, is gradually losing ground. Like his colleague from Inter, Maurizio Sarri does not like the rotation of the composition. But even if he did, he could not afford it.

The main trump card of Napoli was the speed of moving around the field of players and the ball, as well as perfect mutual understanding between players who constantly play together. But by the middle of the season the leaders of the team were gradually exhausted, and the injuries did their job. And in the end, the Neapolitans lost the right to compete in the Champions League, behind the group from Manchester City and the Miner, and in the Italian championship the glasses began to get to the Parthenopia with a tremendous effort.

In the first half, the duel against Fiorentina Napoli was still apparently under the influence of defeat from Feyenoord, and allowed the "violets" too much. However, gradually came to, and after the break of the event on the field began to resemble the match Juventus - Inter: the hosts attacked, and the guests, the closer to the final whistle, the more clearly, they fought for a draw. The moments at the gates of Sportello were enough, that's just not enough realization. Mertens, jumped on a date with the goalkeeper, artlessly struck right into him (fatigue?), And Zielinski, who succeeded on the left wing, did not use his several opportunities explicitly because of a lack of experience in such situations (after the match, it was recognized by Sarri).

The first three remained unchanged for the joy of Inter fans.

"Donkeys" do not fly themselves and others do not give the chance to catch up on points with Juventus and, having a game in reserve, to seriously declare about the champion's claims missed Roma, also played a draw - with Chievo. The explanation for such a result is not difficult to find. "Wolves" have heard plenty of praise songs about how they are good fellows, that they have outstripped in the group of the Champions League Chelsea and Atletico, and obviously did not get adjusted properly to not the most difficult opponent.

But Chievo's attitude was simply prohibitive, although the "flying donkeys" clearly did not think of anything more than a draw.

Eusebio Di Francesco decided to give rest to Dzeko (the Bosnian eventually took the place of the substitute), who was succeeded by Schick, who returned to the team from the infirmary and was first in the starting lineup. The appearance of the same Gonalon was forced - the Frenchman replaced the disqualified De Rossi. Enough staffing problems with the hosts: despite the return after the disqualification Radovanovic, out of the game remained Hetemay, Rigoni and Castro.

Chievo did not lose to Roma at home in the last eight games, and this series continued, despite the fact that the "wolves" hanging all the match at the opponent's goal. To break through the miracles in the frame of Sorrentino was never successful, while Inglese in one of the infrequent counterattacks could well bring "flying donkeys and victory.

Victory begins despite the fact that Bologna lost six of the last eight visits to Milan, to this match the team came up as neighbors in the standings (the guests conceded to Milan only on the difference scored and conceded goals).

Gennaro Gattuso finally gave up the unusual game for the "Rossoner" game of three defenders, and it bore fruit. The order reigned in the defense, which allowed more peaceful conduct of offensive actions. It can not be said that all the problems of the "devils" have already been resolved, but the first signs of recovery are already noticeable. The first victory under the leadership of Gattuso Milan gave it is not easy, but the three owners put their points in their piggy bank.

Conspiracy against Lazio At the pre-match press conference before the fight against Torino coach Lazio Simone Inzaghi was asked whether the spectacle losses of the first four mean that the "eagles" are fighting for scudetto? Inzaghi modestly replied: "Who knows ... Why not?" But while smiling so that left no doubt: Lazio in the sixteenth round will take three points. Realize their plans the hosts failed, and the match itself was scandalous.

Probably, it is not worth arguing that the first victory over Lazio in Rome since November 1993, Torino deserved. But it is certain that the "bulls" were helped by the dubious decisions (despite the use of the VAR) of the arbitrator.

Belotti could bring guests forward in the first five minutes, but the main events began to unfold towards the end of the inning. First, Giacomelli decided not to punish the guests 11-meter after the ball met with the hand of Iago Falke, then vehemently protested Immobilet insidiously provoked Burdisso, and the referee considered that the attacker bodnul defender's head, and evaluated this action as deserving to be removed.

Already during the break, Luis Alberto emotionally spoke to the camera Mediaset Premium in the sense that Lazio simply do not want to see in the TOP-4, so in recent matches regularly punished with strange judging decisions, and after the match, in the second half of which the guests scored three times, and the hosts , who played in the minority, only once, similar phrases uttered and Inzaghi.

Further more. At the end of the meeting, President Lazio Claudio Lotito told the world about an undeclared war against his team, and that he sees no other way to deal with this, except to protest in order to protest the championship ... Dashing backbags and hopeless Benevento Of the remaining matches, only the outcome of the confrontation between Udinese and Benevento did not harbor any intrigue. Friulantsy beat the guests on the class, and "witches" it's time to look for some other trump cards, except the goals scored by their goalkeeper in the last minutes.

Fights Cagliari - Sampdoria, Spal - Verona and Genoa - Atalanta gave the audience entertaining stories. In the first two hosts managed to draw draws, losing to the guests 0-2 in the course of the match. In the third, the guests had to recoup, who did not limit themselves to one earned point, but took to Bergamo three.

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