Football. ua sums up the twenty-ninth round of the championship of Italy.
After Napoli in two rounds lost five points, it seemed that the question of the title and its master was decided. However, there was a hero who in the twenty-ninth round of the championship of Italy said his weighty word. SPAL, who, perhaps next season, will decorate himself with B-series, such a boy-with-finger, David, who challenged Goliath, one of the outsiders, stopped Juventus.
And this was the main, but not the only surprise of the tour, in which initially almost all the results were, it seemed, predetermined in advance.
Results of the tour Real Madrid on the horizon? Well, well ... After the draw of the Champions League quarter-finals in Italy, there were only talks about the upcoming confrontations - Juventus vs. Real and Roma vs Barcelona. But if most experts saw the "wolves" as an easy prey for the "Catalan monster," then the chances of the "old lady" were quoted quite high. Probably, even the football players Juve, realizing the four-point advantage over Napoli, left the next match to the second plan, especially since the opponent was a sweet bun - SPAL.
However, the Ferrarians, as it turned out, have their own plans, and they do not include a return to Series B. SPAL did not just sit out on the defensive, but also tried to respond with a blow to the blow. Of course, Meret had to work more than his colleague Buffon, but under certain circumstances, Juventus, no matter how wild it sounds, could stay at all without a single point.
Dvenadtsatimatchevaya victorious series "Bianconeri" was interrupted, but for sure on this trap on the way to Juventus for the seventh consecutive scudetto will not end.
Every two years, and Albiol shoots The same can be said of Napoli, who had almost missed a godsend in the fight against Genoa. Yes, the "griffins" are now much more formidable force than SPAL (yes its fans are not offended), but the Genoese play against the Neapolitans very badly: the last victory happened in January 2012, and on San Paolo Genoa did not win since February 2009.
The guests competently and selflessly defended themselves, trying at the same time to conduct quick counterattacks, but in the end did not survive, having missed the only ball after the standard. At the same time, the savior of the Maurizio Sarri team and the championship intrigue in Serie A was Albiol, who did not score two years for the Partenopaeans. No words, the Spaniard adequately marked his 200th match in the Napoli T-shirt.
"Last season at the same stage, Juventus could already celebrate the victory, - summed up the fight against Genoa coach Napoli. - Now we continue to create problems for the leader, it means that we can be praised. I really hope that it will be until the very end. We will have a small advantage that almost in each of the remaining tours Juventus will play before us, and we will be aware of the current state of affairs. However, this advantage, when you know that Juventus lost points, but it is very doubtful, when you know that the opponent has already taken maximum points ".
Inter: the time for the "gingerbread" has passed, but the "whip" has worked!.
After Luciano Spalletti, desperate to establish the mechanism of his team, publicly betrayed pejorative criticism of almost all of his players, it seemed that in a fight against Sampdoria in Genoa, where the "bleuercyati" are playing quite successfully, Inter almost no chance. However, the "snakes" unexpectedly betrayed the game that their fans yearned for.
And it's not so much the result - 5: 0, but the fact that the "Nerazzurri" not only took advantage of the opponent's mistakes, but forced the owners to make mistakes without giving them a chance to escape. Stunning match after a scoring drought gave Icardi, who completed the poker, while the Argentine reached the turn of 100 goals in Serie A. Mauro did it at the age of 25 and 27 days and became the sixth among the youngest "centenarians" of the elite Italian division, losing only to the legendary Jose Altafini, Felice Borel, Giampiero Boniperti, Silvio Piole and the absolute record holder Giuseppe Meazza, to whom the hundred obeyed at age 23 and 32 days.
"The purpose of my words, said the day before, was an attempt to push the guys, make them think that they are capable of more," told the happy Spalletti after the match. - I could not be sure that it would work, but the players understood me correctly. By and large, I did not know exactly what to do, but I firmly knew what not to do - you can not let things go by themselves ".
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Eurocup zone: restart The clear signs of recovery, demonstrated by Inter in the last round, made serious those who are fighting for places in the Champions League and the European League. But if Roma, knocked out of the European Cups, the Miner and dreaming to do the same with Barcelona, ??without much trouble figured out Croton and feels relatively comfortable in third place, then Lazio, who continues to represent Italy in European tournaments, after winning from Dynamo, in the national championship I could not repeat this success. Another draw threw out the "eagles" (temporarily?) From the Champions League zone, and, like in Kiev, the Romans rescued Lukas Leyva, who obviously liked the laurels of the striker. That's only saved the "non-Brazilian brazilian" team only from defeat, and no one allowed Lazio to stay in the top four.
Milan, met with seemingly innocuous Chievo, but eventually dashing gunfire with elements of the drama and the thriller ended with the victory of the "devils", and Gennazzo Gattuso must surely please the fact that he continues to score Andre Silva, on which many already hurried put up a cross. Now the "Rossoneri" separates five points from the Champions League zone, and in case of a victory in the Derby della Madonnina on Inter Milan, delayed on April 4, the distance can be reduced even more.
The failure of Sampdoria aggravated the struggle for the last ticket to the European League, which guarantees the seventh place. Atalanta, thanks to the hat-trick Ilici, literally smeared on the lawn Verona, equaled with the Genoese on points and ousted them with the seventh line due to additional indicators. And having won a difficult victory over Torino Fiorentina now lags behind Atalanta and Sampdoria by only three points.
The battle for survival: hunting for "witches" Benevento again lost. Not news? Of course not. But here's what's interesting: "witches" once again lose points, missing crucial balls in compensated time. Benevento missed the draws in fights against Torino (90 + 3), Cagliari (90 + 5), Sassuolo (90 + 4), Genoa (90 + 2, from penalty). This time in a match with Cagliari "witches" managed to miss twice in the compensated time (90 + 1, 90 + 6, from the penalty spot). With such carelessness, there is nothing to think about staying in the elite.
Given that Benevento separates from the saving seventeenth place 15 points, and until the finish of the championship "witches" left to play only 10 matches, then save them can only some absolutely fantastic ritual with elements of black magic and, preferably, with abundant sacrifices. But five more, or even all seven, teams that have settled above Benevento, are unlikely to be able to calm down in the near future.
Well, Serie A is becoming more and more cheerful, so we are waiting for the next round not only for the exciting confrontation in the Juventus - Milan match, but also for surprises in, for example, Lazio - Benevento, Inter Verona, Sassuolo - Napoli ... Team tour Tournament player Tournament table Top scorers Assistants Playbill Would you like to learn the top football news first? Subscribe to our channel in Telegram! You can also follow our website in Viber and Twitter.