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Serie A with covid shadow, Inter-Milan is a derby between big players

2020-10-17T14:49:17.728Z


Lukaku-Lautaro against Ibra. Napoli-Atalanta promises emotions (ANSA)


Before it was a nightmare, now a cursed reality.

The covid emerges from all sides and after the Genoa cluster, it's up to six from Inter, Ronaldo and many others, with quarantines, tampons and a lot of fear.

The Serie A round that precedes the cups and which sets up magnificent challenges, such as the Inter-Milan and Napoli-Atalanta derby, with the Neapolitans enraged for the 0-3 with Juve and a disqualification point for the forfeit at the Juventus stadium.

There is the awareness that a widening of the infections would lead to a new stop, for which the club and the fans cross their fingers.


    "Stopping would be disastrous for the country," said Antonio Conte.

"We have to live with the virus, we must move forward: Bergamo was an example in this", the words of Gian Piero Gasperini.


    The first few days offered high-level shows, feats and goals in clusters, and now the grafts of the last days of the market are expected, in particular Chiesa, Bakayoko and Smalling.

There is a vibrant expectation for tomorrow's derby which celebrates the return of Inter and AC Milan to the Scudetto candidates.

There is the challenge of Lukaku and Ibra, recovered from the covid, the one on the bench between the effervescent Conte and the seraphic Pioli, but the emergency forces the former coach to do without six infected, with a defense to be invented and its rich rose that must meet the urgency.

Pioli recovers Romagnoli but not Rebic and tries to extend the streak to 24 with the goal, Conte does not know whether to bet on the eclectic Eriksen who begins to live badly in fits and starts.


    A win would leave the Rossoneri in the lead with full points, perhaps even alone.

Atalanta, led by the hand of the inspired Papu Gomez and who finds Ilicic, returning from a painful and long absence, is a ruthless goal machine but will have to take another exam taken at the home of a furious Napoli for the knockout at the table and which on appeal will contest the alleged absence of force majeure.

Between Gattuso and Gasperini up for grabs three points that weigh.


    Obligatory prediction for Juve against the only newly promoted player in trouble, Stroppa's Crotone.

Pirlo will do without Dybala, De Ligt and Alex Sandro, the positives Ronaldo and McKennie, will try Chiesa, Morata and Kulusevski forwards, then there will be time to make ends meet.

Ronaldo could face a fine for violating the anti-covid protocol.


    Two races with an insidious aftertaste await the Roman women.

The Giallorossi, led by an increasingly protagonist Pellegrini but without the injured Smalling, host Pippo Inzaghi's strong-willed Benevento with the insidious Lapadula and the former Iago Falque.


    Disqualified building will rest after the dull test in Azzurri and Lazio focus on Correa and Muriqi to pass unscathed the insidious away match with Ranieri's Sampdoria which presents the tried and tested Quagliarella alongside the former Keita and Candreva.


    The Emilian derby with Mihajlovic's Bologna promises a show as he faces a Sassuolo in great form, with some defections.

But Berardi's verve, Locatelli's class, Caputo's sense of goal could allow guests to continue dreaming.

Toro-Cagliari is also highly anticipated because the new Giampaolo and Di Francesco (one point in two so far) must ring the alarm for the splendid two pair of forwards, Belotti-Zaza and Simeone-Joao Pedro.

Fiorentina seeks continuity of results, freed from the psychological burden of a demotivated Church.

The great old Ribery will lead the assault on a Spezia that shows to suffer opponents of superior technical quality.


    Udinese in crisis of results will try to redeem themselves in the match against Parma, still without Cornelius.

To close the round will be on Monday the postponement between Juric's stalwart Verona who will face Genoa decimated by covid (he still has 9 positives) and who has put the former Ajax Schone on the index for unknown reasons.


Source: ansa

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