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

After several years of the obvious advantage of Juventus over other teams, Serie A fans have become unaccustomed to the concept of "champion race" in its true meaning. However, the seventeenth round of the championship of Italy once again proved that this season in the Apennines everything will be different. And this applies not only to events at the top of the standings, but also on all its floors. The race in the tournament distance begins to resemble running on the razor's edge - one misfire radically changes the situation, the only thing that remains unchanged is the position of Benevento on the bottom.

Tour Results This is Udinese! And not some kind of Juventus with Napoli Seventeenth round began to shock fans and professionals from their first match. It seemed that Inter, who managed to stand in confrontations with his main rivals - Juventus and Napoli, should easily stand up to the leading position for at least another week. Yes, Udinese with the arrival of the coaching bridge Massimo Oddo won three games in a row, but what were those rivals - Perugia (Serie B) in the Cup of Italy and Crotone with Benevento in the championship.

It seems that Inter hoped to win with little blood and did not value the opponent's potential too high. By the way, something similar has already happened to the "snakes" in the current championship - when they lost their first points in the match against Bologna. Now the blow was even more painful - the first defeat.

As an excuse for the hosts, we can say that they had to play 120 minutes in the middle of the week and survive a series of penalties in the Italian Cup, but it's worth remembering that the team of the third Italian division confronted Inter, how this excuse turns into a mockery.

Is it possible to say that the Nerazzurri have already retired from the struggle for the Scudetto? No, of course! However, much will depend on how the team will finish the December-January section of the championship, during which Inter traditionally has difficulties.

And what about Udinese? We remove the hat and wish good luck in the fight for the zone of the League of Europe, from which the Friulanians now only separate six points.

Returned the game - returned the first place Given the problems faced by Inter, a duel in Turin, where Napoli was waiting for Torino, who beat the last round of Lazio, you could also expect in anticipation of another sensation. Alas, the hosts did not live up to the hopes of the blue and black half of Milan and were simply crumpled.

Despite the fact that in the starting lineup again did not go out Insigne, this time Zielinski, criticized by Maurizio Sarri for felling scoring chances in the last round, this time justified the confidence of the coach, having written to his account the second of the balls that flew into the goal Torino.

Well, the most significant event of the match was the goal of Hamshik. Scoring the 115th ball for Napoli, the Slovak equaled to this indicator with the legendary Diego Maradona, and if only slightly later, it would become the best scorer for the history of the club.

There is almost no doubt that Captain Napoli will surpass the great Argentinian before the end of the season, with whom Marek modestly asks himself not to equal, but at the moment it is more important that his team regained first place.

Naive Bologna, or Cadres decide not all Having failed in the last round to resist against Milan (although quite spoiled the nerves of the "devils"), Bologna considered that the personnel problems of Juventus (injured Buffon, Chiellini, Lichtsteiner, Hevedes and Quadrado, and Dibala is far from optimal form) will help her to please local fans. After the match, coach Roberto Donadoni called such a mood of his players "naive", but who prevented him to convince this players before the game?.

Juventus also played very calmly and confidently, shipped the Bolognese three unrequited balls (although he could more). But, perhaps, that deserves much more attention - these are four games in a row without conceding a goal. For the team, which at the start of the season had huge problems in the defense after the departure of Bonucci and Dani Alves - a serious achievement. For which the coach of the "old lady" Massimiliano Allegri - Respect.

Why did they remove Montella? To give chance to outsiders!.

Continues to surprise Milan. It seemed that the team under the direction of Vincenzo Montella for success lacked some smallness: whether a clear tactic, or a character. It's hard to say how the club's management tried to eliminate the first flaw by appointing head coach Gennaro Gattuso, but with the second moment, Rino had to figure out exactly ... In the middle of the week, Milan took home Verona in the Cup of Italy and easily sorted out with the guests - 3: 0. It seemed that even on Bentegodi, the picture would not be very different from the one that was on San Siro. Well, except that the native walls will allow the Veronese to avoid the defeat. But no, without the defeat still did not happen, that's just thundered this time Milan.

"Devils" represented the worst example of the Montella era: no tactics, strange changes in positions and a complete lack of character. After the match Gattuso complained that his charges, faced with the first problem, completely lost and do not know what to do. Well, the explanation of the failure is worthy (especially in a duel against the penultimate team of Serie A at that time), but the question arises: what kind of coach do you need that can not inspire players with the truth, which they seem to have to understand themselves - missed the ball, so try to score in return. And they, you see, are lost ... And what we have in Milan with Gattuso: his only point in the championship Benevento earns in a match with the "devils", and Verona produces the first victory over the team that does not fight for survival, also in a duel against the " Rossoneri ". Just robonudstvo some ... Roman character There are questions and to two representatives of the capital of Italy - Rome and Lazio. The results of the Romans also do not quite satisfy their fans, but here you can see a lot of positive moments that allow you to look forward to the future. And first of all - the character.

Roma pretty tinkered with Cagliari. The hosts of the Stadio Olimpico could not break the resistance of stubborn islanders, even with a "point" blow, but they continued to ram the opponent's defense until finally they squeezed the ball into the visitors' gate.

And Lazio did not unsettle two fast enough balls, missed in Bergamo from Atalanta. Despite the absence of his best scorer Immobile, the Romans, although they did not win, but were able to escape defeat and until the last seconds were looking for opportunities to snatch victory.

Who wants to survive - takes points. Benevento is still in the "ambush" Surprisingly successful were the teams fighting for survival. On the deed of Verona it was said already enough. Sassuolo defeated Sampdoria at the exit, and this despite the fact that only recently the "Bleucherjati" won in Genoa only victories. Croton interrupted his losing streak, beating a very difficult, although passed recently, Chievo. And Genoa was able to draw a draw in Florence.

Apart from the disassemblies of outsiders, there was a duel between Benevento and Spal, in which, as it is customary to say in such cases, six points.

It seemed that Benevento, who was able to open the account, would eventually be able to get his first victory in Serie A, but in the end was not worthy even for a draw.

What are the chances of the "witches" to maintain a residence permit in the top Italian division? Yes, practically, no, except that the remaining twenty-one "jallorossi" games will only be played with Milan ... Team Tour player Tournament table Scored players Assistants Playbill Want to learn the top football news first? Subscribe to our channel in Telegram! You can also follow our website in Viber and Twitter.