Football. ua sums up the 20th round of the championship of Italy.
In the twentieth round of the championship of Italy, after which the team went on a break, sensations, as expected, did not happen. Victory of Atalanta over Roma? Extension of the losing series of Inter? The second victory in a row Benevento? All this could be expected, and these results, although they could cause a slight bewilderment among those who did not closely follow the latest rounds of Serie A, certainly did not cause a shock. Excellent fit in the overall trend of the championship and a major victory Torino: "bulls" were not the first team that this season changed the coach and received the long-awaited result. The most important event of the last round of the "autumn" part of the Italian championship was a clear division of teams into groups, which will have to solve strictly certain tasks: Scudetto, Champions League, Europa League and survival.
Scudetto: uncontrollable Napoli and "subsidized" Juventus It would be surprising if Napoli, who met the New Year at the top of the standings, suddenly stumbled in a duel against Verona. However, the easy victory of the "Parthenopes" over the team of Fabio Pecchia, who played for Naples as a player, and then worked as an assistant to Rafa Benitez, you will not name. Press the Veronese was only in the second half, although at the same time, if it were not for the dedication of the guests and especially their goalie Nicholas, the score could be simply indecent.
But with reference to Juventus, the words "every smith of his own happiness" in this round will look just unless in the form of sarcasm. Cagliari went to the fight against the current champion as if it were decided if not the life of footballers from Sardinia and their loved ones, then at least the fate of the registration of the team in Serie A. Cagliari deserved victory - a difficult question, but the fact that the defeat, especially this, the owners did not deserve - it's a fact.
The last three meetings of Juventus and Cagliari ended with a total score of 9: 0 in favor of the Turinians, could not score the islanders and this time, although they were close to the goal, even more than the eminent guests. Juve also did little of the usual championship arsenal, and when at the beginning of the second half due to injury the field was forced to leave Dibal, the picture began to loom and completely bleak.
But, as it often happened with the "old lady" and before, when Fortune is powerless, the Themis undertakes. If in the moment when Bernardeschi received a yellow card for a rough foul against Ionita, one can argue if the violation was drawn to the red, then in the next two key episodes involving the ex-Florentine, the referee clearly played in favor of the guests.
The attack, which resulted in Bernardeski scored the only and winning goal, started with Benatya hitting Elbow in the face of Pavoletti (the referee whistle was silent). And in the end the protagonist of the match played a hand in his own penalty, interrupting the supply of Padoin. The judge resolutely rejected all the demands of the penalty from the side of the hosts, and refused to resort to the help of the VAR in an episode much more demanding consideration of video replay than many in which this system is applied.
Be that as it may, Juve kept the backlog from Napoli at one point, and a couple of competitors in the Scudetto in the Neapolitan and Turintsev already broke away from the nearest pursuer by nine and eight points respectively.
Champions League: steep peak Inter, Roma's "pit" and the rise of Lazio The draw of Inter and the defeat of Roma finally (if there is no miracle) deleted "Nerazzurri" and "jallorossi" from the potential competitors of Juventus and Napoli. But the victory of Lazio made "bianco-chic" a favorite in the struggle for the remaining vacant tickets to the Champions League.
The victory of the "eagles" in the fight against Spal was read, however, the Romans did not just take "their" three points, but did it with indicative ease and chic. Again showed his bombardier qualities Immobile, which most of the Italian publications that made up the symbolic team of the first round, preferred the point of attack to his colleague and rival in the fight for the title of the best scorer of Serie A Icardi from Inter. Team Simone Inzaghi continues to gain momentum, and given the match in reserve against Udinese, potentially ranked third. The entire picture is somewhat spoiled by not very reliable defense, managed to miss two goals from the outsider, and do not forget that unlike Inter, who has only one fun - Serie A, continues to fight in the Cup of Italy and the European League.
"Snakes" continue to lose points. In five games that make up the losing streak of the recent leader of the Italian championship, the Nerazzurri have lost them for twelve, and so far, frankly, can not see, due to what is going to interrupt this most bleak series of Luciano Spalletti. In a duel against Fiorentina Milanese did not deserve even one point, as they conceded to the opponent both in organizing the game and in charging for the fight. And if it were not for "Ichardi's wand", on whose account more than half of the goals scored by the team in the championship, everything would be completely sad. If we start from the old football wisdom saying: "Show me your middle line, and I'll tell you what your team is", then Spalletti is deprived of the opportunity to surprise the opponent with a tactical variety. By and large, Gagliardini, Vesino, Borja Valero and Joao Mariu are not absolute, but almost exact copies of each other (with minor variations). Is there a way to open the transfer market? But something must be done, because even if the legendary ex-defender Inter Beppe Bergomi, who seldom scolds his team, called it a disappointing game, then things are really bad.
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Not impressive and Roma. Whether Eusebio Di Francesco and his players expect with trembling to meet with Shakhtar in the 1/8 finals of the Champions League and consider Serie A a matter of secondary, whether the reason lies in something else, but two defeats and one draw in the last three matches can not inspire optimism to fans of the team, which last season was the main irritant for Juventus.
The European League: six contenders for sixth place and only two points of difference Unexpected for many, the defeat of Sampdoria from Benevento, combined with the victories of Torino and Milan, to the limit, tightened the group of teams that set themselves the goal of breaking through the championship in European cups. The distance from the "бluеркьяти", going to the sixth, to Milan, settled on the eleventh place, is only two points, therefore each next round promises significant rearrangements in this warm company. Given that Sampdoria and Udinese have one game in reserve, potentially they are favorites, but on January 24 they will have to play with Roma and Lazio respectively, therefore it is not necessary to say that the potential three points will automatically turn into real ones.
If judged by the current game of the teams, then preference should be given to Atalante and Fiorentina. Bergamaski in the last round not only beat Roma, but did it confidently and almost on the class, and the "violets" pretty much drove Inter, which from the defeat saved only the well-known scorer Icardi.
Successful was the debut as head coach Torino Walter Mazzari. However, do not make far-reaching conclusions from the defeat of Bologna (notably - without Belotti!). The victory with a score of 3: 0 should be attributed not so much to the genius of Mazzarri, but to the smile of Fortune, who knows what scenario would unfold the events, realize the penalty kick at the score 1: 0?.
Similarly, we should not rush to conclusions about the exit of Milan from the crisis after the victory over Crotone. Yes, the wards of Gennaro Gattuso looked very good, but we must bear in mind that one of the patrons of the relegation zone opposed them ... At the sixth match of the championship, the winning series of Massimo Oddo at the helm of Udinese. However, a draw on the road with Chievo can also be recorded in the asset "zebriata" and their coach, since "flying donkeys" in Verona, even during the emerging recession, give battle to any opponent.
The struggle for survival: the same and Benevento Until quite recently it seemed that only two vacations remained for the reinforcement of Serie B, since Benevento's position looked simply hopeless. However, six points scored by the "witches" in the last two rounds make the hope of survival (which did not leave the "jallorossi" fans) more tangible. And if the victory over Chievo could still be called an accidental luck, then the winnings of such a difficult opponent as Sampdoria (let the Genoese finish the match with ten men) can not be accidental. The outsider's game obviously does not correspond to the place he occupies, and active work in the transfer market promises additional strengthening. Lagging Benevento from the nearest competitor, Verona, is already six points, and from the saving seventeenth place - "only" eight. Given that Verona, Croton and Spal put together in the same two rounds already ... zero points, then the chance to surpass the miracle survivor in the past season Croton in the "witches" abound.
Theoretically, Bologna, Chievo, Genoa, Sassuolo and Cagliari could not guarantee themselves a quiet life, but if the position of the team from Sardinia is still rather shaky, then the first four of this list are likely to have already started forming the group, which soon nothing will shine and, at the same time, threaten.
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