Lukaku against Ronaldo, Immobile against Dzeko.
The big matches of the rich Serie A weekend, with the eternal match between Inter-Juve and the thrilling Roman derby, attract and promise emotions even behind closed doors, but leaders Milan will still benefit from them, barring havoc.
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This is the mission of the Rossoneri who sail with the wind in their sails, they glide to the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup where they will find Inter, but in the meantime they calmly prepare for the away match with the limping Cagliari, back from three knockouts and with Di Francesco's bench increasingly uncertain.
Pioli plays on Monday and then on Sunday evening he will observe with interest the super-challenge Inter-Juve, called to define the profile of the fiercest rival of the Milan fans.
After seven direct matches without a win, Conte's Inter sharpens their weapons, feels they are on par with the old enemy in restructuring, and wants to avoid ending up like Milan, who fell at the Meazza.
Conte finds his Juve and the 'maestro' Pirlo, after the three championships 2011-2014 together.
The best defense and the best attack collide, the challenge between the bomber Lukaku and Ronaldo will be applause, but the two most fierce and expensive squads in the league have many arrows in their bow now that Juve seems to have passed its settling phase .
The efforts of the Italian Cup, a round overtaken with difficulty after 120 ', are equally divided, but it is plausible that the Belgian and the Portuguese will be decisive, driving forces and always able to find the winning bet.
De Ligt's absence can weigh on Juve.
A Spanish-style Roman derby, with many protagonists from La Liga, is the other highlight, anticipated to tomorrow evening.
They are Immobile and Caicedo on the one hand, Dzeko and Mkhitaryan on the other, the most anticipated in the challenge that sees Inzaghi and Fonseca facing each other, tied for 1-1 last year.
"I've never lost derbies ..." the Giallorossi coach smiles on the eve.
"The absence of the public will weigh" says Inzaghi.
Lazio is preferred in midfield, Roma on the wings and scores more.
Sore point for both, the defense: they conceded 26 goals and nine teams did better.
It is therefore difficult to hypothesize a 0-0.
Roma are looking for their first success on a big one, Lazio must decrease the delay from the Champions League area.
The pursuers Atalanta and Napoli try to benefit from the big matches, but find two growing opponents like Genoa and Fiorentina on their way.
Gasperini's team is more daring, fresh from three consecutive victories (with 12 goals to his credit), which has archived Papu Gomez without trauma, while more alternates that of Gattuso who is recovering Mertens.
The task of De Zerbi's Sassuolo-boom is not complicated, as he continues to bother the big players and the derby should not fail with the shabby Parma entrusted to D'Aversa, who comes from 5 knockouts in a row and hasn't won since the end of November.
Like Mihajlovic's Bologna, which is a bit better in the standings but cannot afford a new knockout: there are risks, given that it hosts Juric's concrete and continuous Verona.
An alternating Sampdoria but capable of great flare-ups (the knockout at Inter) receives a Udinese in crisis that has not won for almost two months despite De Paul's charisma.
Giampaolo's Toro continues to show signs of recovery, but the ranking is still lacking and the task against the Italian's Spezia that continues to surprise will not be easy.
Like Pippo Inzaghi's Benevento playing at the home of the only disappointing newly promoted player, Stroppa's Crotone, which needs points to return to hope for salvation.
