Experience is not lacking, and Max Allegri and Simone Inzaghi rely on this too, on the grid because of Juve's and Inter's deficit.
Now the restart of the championship will measure the reaction of the two big players in difficulty and the ability of the technicians to straighten the course.
Easy, on paper, the departure of the bianconeri, against Bologna, difficult that of the Nerazzurri who receive the Roma of the beloved ex Mourinho, who will remain in the stands due to disqualification.
The break settles the hopes of Naples, Atalanta and Udinese, protagonists of the first segment of the championship.
Now there will be a full immersion up to the world championship in Qatar, with eight rounds of the championship and four of cups.
The national break benefited a few teams and complicated the work of others.
Many injuries: among these, Maignan, Tonali, Theo Hernandez, Immobile, Demiral, Koopmeiners, Politano, Pellegrini, in addition to long-term patients scattered in many roses.
To read the current ranking in a less empirical way, it is useful to equate it to that of last year.
Napoli's exploits and Juve's crisis take on a different dimension.
Spalletti, who leads the ranking, has 4 points less than in 2021 (up to the eighth round he had done the en plein) while Allegri's march follows the other (1 point less).
Udinese (+8) and Atalanta (+6) have radically changed pace, while Lazio (+3) and Turin (+2) went better.
Laggards with -5 are, in addition to Bologna, also Inter and Milan.
Bad also Fiorentina (-3) and Rome (-2).
The position of Inter and Juve (which also has the 2021 accounts in the red for 254 million) is complicated by the Champions League.
If the 2 and 4 points from fourth place do not seem difficult to recover, in Europe the situation is different.
Juve have lost twice, and winning in Lisbon is not enough to hope for second place.
Inter, who had the most difficult group, must do the feat in the next two matches with Lewandowski's Barca, unless Bayern collapse, which are struggling in the Bundesliga.
There is less talk of Milan, but the champions, despite leading the group, have two commitments with Chelsea in crisis, but who have the potential to redeem themselves.
Marcia sent Napoli who humiliated Liverpool and started to win the group.
An uphill path also awaits Rome and Lazio in the Europa League, while Fiorentina are even worse off in the Conference.
Managing the championship and cups is proving complicated so much so that two teams that are not in Europe excel, the revived Atalanta of Gasperini, young and who has changed skin, and the surprising Udinese of Sottil, which has the potential to continue its run high ranking.
Only Napoli manages to juggle well among many commitments thanks to Spalletti's squad, enhanced by the grafts of Raspadori and Simeone (waiting for Dembelè's progress) and with the brilliant intuition of midfield Anguissa-Zielinski-Lobotka.
The only doubt concerns the stability of the team, which lingered last year after an extraordinary start.
Inter are hoping for Lukaku's recovery, but must better equip the defensive phase.
Juve, waiting for Pogba and Chiesa, await the return to Vlahovic's goal: 12 games, between the league and the Cup,
which can also decide Allegri's future.
Roma must transform the many chances it creates into goals, Lazio must keep its concentration constant and must depend less on Immobile's goals.
In the relegation zone Monza and Lecce have shown signs of recovery while the performance of the Cremonese is still modest, who sometimes plays well but collects the crumbs.
To risk so much is Sampdoria that can no longer justify the disappointing results with the alibi of the company sale.
Verona and Bologna also have to wake up, otherwise they risk being involved in the fight for salvation until the end.
