A month of direct clashes, until the next stop, to make sense of Serie A. It starts at the weekend, before the Champions League, with Juve-Roma and Lazio-Inter. Good for Napoli and Milan playing at home, but it won't be a walk in the park against Turin and Verona. Atalanta full of ailments, and on the eve of the match against Ronaldo's United, will have a challenging test at Empoli. Hush hush, Fiorentina awaits the events to attempt the coup on Monday in Venice. In key salvation, the highlight is the challenge between the penultimate Spezia-Salernitana while the only one without victory, Cagliari of the uncertain Mazzarri, cannot fail against Sampdoria without Damsgaard. Anxious benches between Genoa and Sassuolo while Udinese tries to overtake Bologna.
Inzaghi's amarcord at the Olimpico, against a Lazio that Sarri is unable to calibrate, is the highlight of the eighth round.
Inter is also playing the Dzeko card, which will feel the charge of the derby flavor that it has tasted for many years, in a very happy moment. The Bosnian is top scorer with Immobile, who is recovering from the injury so the challenge of the goal should not be missing. Correa should also be available so Inzaghi, who will meet the many South Americans at the last moment, may not be forced to propose Perisic forward. Sarri's task was more complicated after the disastrous fall in Bologna, which neutralized the derby effect. A knockout could remove the team from the Champions League. The defense is in trouble and Acerbi will also be missing. The other intriguing appointment is the challenge between Allegri and Mourinho for the evergreen Juventus-Roma. After thestart of shock the bianconeri have won three victories, returning to the top, but Napoli is still at +10 and a braking could rekindle nervousness. Chiesa, Locatelli and Bonucci will take the helm of the team, which should field Kean, against a Roma awaited for the usual examination with the big teams. The coach is anxious about Abraham, who has been injured in the national team, and Shomurodov is ready to replace him, while Pellegrini and Zaniolo are looking for the acute.
Allegri, on the other hand, who will try not to be distracted by the media hype at the end of his story with Ambra Angiolini, could give up Morata and Dybala.
Spalletti has taken a liking to it and is looking for the eighth victory in a row to continue his escape by facing the Turin that Juric has brought back into balance with the grafts of Pobega and Brekalo and which can now return to having captain Belotti. Napoli prepares Insigne's long farewell but the coach has found the right formula with a driving Osimhen and a Koulibaly pivot of defense. And now he can start using Mertens' sense of goal again. An obstacle of equal difficulty, the Verona, for the launched Milan of Pioli which focuses on the now established youngsters such as Saelemaekers, Diaz and Kalulu. Meanwhile, Giroud recovers and Ibra is also preparing to return. But the coach has two problems: Theo Hernandez's positive covid and Maignan's long stop: trust in Tatarusanu, but in the meantime the expert Mirante has also been hired.The good work of Tudor has made Verona competitive again, which focuses on Simeone and Caprari, Veloso recovers and the Kalinic card will be played in the second half, an ex who has many reasons to be regretted. The seventh sister, Gasperini's Atalanta, has to manage heavy absences (the latest are Pessina and Djimsiti), she has to think about the Manchester United bugbear but she can't get distracted because she plays at the home of Andreazzoli's excellent Empoli, who should also recover Pinamonti.he must think of the Manchester United bugbear but he cannot be distracted because he plays at home to the excellent Empoli of Andreazzoli, who should also recover Pinamonti.he must think of the Manchester United bugbear but he cannot be distracted because he plays at home to the excellent Empoli of Andreazzoli, who should also recover Pinamonti.
