Atalanta and Inter with the best attack, but Inzaghi is still waiting for Lautaro… Napoli doesn't have the same firepower, but they get their shirt dirty and are expecting two reinforcements in January
Deputy director
December 24 – 08:04 – MILANO
You have to go back several years to find a championship that was equally balanced and exciting on the 17th day. Napoli and Atalanta are playing at each other between advance matches on Saturday and matches on Sunday. Bergamaschi at +2 after Conte was in the lead for nine days. The victory of the Gasp boys against Maradona weighs heavily. Inter, who completed the Como paperwork yesterday, are at -3 but have to make up one match, the Franchi match against Fiorentina, suspended due to Bove's heart attack. Yesterday Edoardo received the embrace of his fans following the match from the bench, but the result made the celebration bitter: Udinese's victory and a sudden stop for the Viola in an exhilarating run so far. Palladino, in his second consecutive defeat, was joined by Juve in fifth place (31 points) and now -3 behind fourth-placed Lazio. At the moment the championship fight seems to only concern the top three, but also the fight for fourth place with Lazio, Fiorentina, Juve, Bologna and Milan (who have to recover the match that pitted them against each other) offers emotions, controversies, ideas. This overall balance with many teams in just a few points will also make the January transfer market busier than usual because with the exception of Atalanta and Inter who have very rich squads, all the others from Napoli to Milan will intervene to correct and improve their squads.
THE DEA can and must believe it
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Atalanta is a goal machine, improving its team and individual records, enjoying the definitive explosion of its talents, the inclusion of new players in the Gasp gear, the upcoming return of injured stars. Never like this year can and must the Goddess believe in it: It has solidity, conviction, experience, quality, spare parts. He no longer knows how to win only by dominating but also by managing or taking advantage of other people's mistakes. He never leaves the game and every now and then he has that pinch of good luck that helps the strong and the bold. When the team also combines intensity and physicality with the game, there is none for anyone. Eleven victories in a row is an enormity. The strong point that doesn't need to be underlined is the attack: the best in Serie A, 42 goals like Inter (who have a game less) and even 16 more than Napoli. However, the goals conceded are 19 and the defense is the seventh in the championship. As long as he scores so much (goal difference + 23), Gasperini doesn't have much to worry about.
INTER, WHAT NUMBERS!
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The good things said about the Goddess also apply to Inter who have slightly better numbers: 42 goals scored, 15 conceded (goal difference + 27). The Nerazzurri always know what to do on the pitch: the path has been drawn long ago. Compared to Atalanta, Inter have less freshness and more pressure, but the level of alternatives in midfield is better and the level of maturity and experience is higher. So far, Taremi, from whom more was expected, has been eliminated, but Thuram has definitely blossomed and is now a true top player. Inzaghi's weapon for the new year will not come from the transfer market, but will be a man already in the squad: Lautaro (also out of action yesterday). Inter are up there, despite their captain being very far from the usual standards. Where can he go when he too returns to his levels?
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NAPLES, COUNT EFFECT
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Between the two litigants, Napoli remains stuck to the wagon tooth and nail and with Conte's bullshit. A quality central defender and midfielder will arrive in January: will they be enough – with only one competition compared to the 5 that Inter will face and the 4 of Atalanta – to keep up? Compared to their opponents, Napoli scores much less (26), concedes fewer goals (12) and the goal difference is less striking (+14). To win he always has to sweat and get his shirt dirty. It still has room for growth, but it's not infinite. The team is solid, has a spirit of sacrifice, sometimes gets distracted, but applies itself and follows its coach. It's not a little.
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