Sassuolo Torino opens the fifth matchday of Serie A. at 20.30.
The point about the championship.
The
leaders AC Milan expect the refreshed Roma
in the postponement of Monday 'and could be overtaken by surprising
Sassuolo
anticipating with bottom club
Torino
, in the trial of Appeal Giampaolo.
The fifth of Serie A, at the turn of the first two rounds of European cups, will also have other interesting themes: the protagonists
Atalanta
and
Lazio
are determined to redeem last weekend's knockout by hosting
Sampdoria
and
Bologna
,
Napoli
wants to resume from the knockout in the Europa League in the derby with
Benevento
,
Inter
tries to redeem the recent
stumbling blocks
at
Genoa's
home
, in another derby, one of the teams most affected by the covid.
The
Hamlet Juve Pirlo
, without Ronaldo, receives an awkward customer as the
Verona
, the
Fiorentina
tries the first goal
Ribery
to seat the wobbly bench Iachini hosting the '
Udinese
.
Finally
Cagliari
and
Parma
need the three points in home matches with the freshmen Crotone and Spezia.
While Italy is approaching the levels of the European countries most affected by the second wave of covid, football tries to resist with many difficulties and a growing number of infections.
Despite this loose cannon, the championship offers more and more spectacular matches, full of feats and goals, with the teams more and more reckless attacking, as if to exorcise an impending danger.
Perhaps the most risking is Conte's Inter who, after the defeat in the derby and the draw of Champions, betrayed first by Kolarov and then by Vidal, clings to Lukaku to win at the home of the reworked Genoa and put in silence the criticisms.
"We need to improve, but the road is right and the club is happy", explains Antonio Conte, who is back in the crosshairs of the critics.
Many things do not add up but the squad is of great quality and, in a climate of great balance, it will be important to arrive well at direct challenges.
There is no longer the usual dominating Juve because Pirlo is at the beginning of the work, the team has rejuvenated even if Morata does everything to not make Ronaldo regret.
The game and the quality of Verona will therefore be a very convincing test.
It is now Pioli's Milan with full points that will verify its ambitions in comparison with a Rome relaunched by Fonseca.
It will be the confrontation between rejuvenated formations but the real duel will be between the veterans Ibra and Dzeko, backed by Pedro and Mkhitaryan.
Both have bolstered morale with away wins in the Europa League.
The Scudetto race can boast seven contenders who are refining their form with a thousand difficulties.
In particular, Naples and Atalanta put on a show.
The Neapolitans beat the people of Bergamo, then slipped into the confrontation with an Az decimated by the covid.
But it is a problem of concentration and, having found Insigne and re-proposed Osimhen and Lozano, he should give a result in Benevento in the challenge between his old teammates Gattuso and Inzaghi.
After the healthy lesson in Naples, Atalanta re-enlisted Ilicic and started scoring four goals per game again, having a complete and competitive squad on several fronts.
Also for this Gasperini announces a turnover, because inevitably the lead "is also in the match on Tuesday against Ajax".
Ranieri's Sampdoria will have to repeat the super match against Lazio to avoid a goleada.
The seventh sister, Lazio, wants to transfer to the league the position that led to the significant success against Haaland's Dortmund in the Champions League.
The figure of the lion was made by the Immobile Golden Shoe and there was glory for the Ivorian neophyte Akpa Akpro.
The great ex Mihajlovic wants to redeem the knockouts with Benevento and Sassuolo, but for Bologna it will be tough at the Olimpico.
After the 41 goals of the last round, Serie A wants to give itself another feast of emotions in bursts and, thanks to the tiredness due to the close commitments of the cups, could reserve other surprising results