Atalanta wants to fully return to the race for the Scudetto while Juve and Milan seek points to access the next Champions League: whoever loses is in difficulty
Now don’t mess around anymore. Atalante-Juventus e Como-Milanrecoveries from the 19th day, risk having a fairly strong impact on the ranking, while waiting for Inter-Bologna tomorrow. There are very important issues at stake both for the Scudetto and for the European Championship, even more so after Fiorentina defeat at Monza during yesterday’s postponement (2-1). In short, Juventus and Milan can no longer make mistakes, but Atalanta also absolutely must win, otherwise they risk saying goodbye to the Italian dream.
Atalante – Juventus (20h45, Dazn et Sky)
The flagship match is certainly that of the Gewiss stadium, where the student Thiago Motta will try to beat maestro Gasperini. It goes without saying that they both play a lot, even if their roles are reversed compared to the predictions at the start of the season, when it was thought that Juve would win the Scudetto and Atalanta would win the Champions League. The Bianconeri are under the greatest pressure, still facing a “draw” that endangers the Motta project: not entering the next Europe that matters, in fact, would make future coexistence almost impossible. His Juve, also stopped by Torino during Saturday’s derby, is simply incapable of taking shape, as demonstrated by the only two successes obtained during the round of 16 of the championship. A negative list and anything but randomfor a team that struggles to score and produce play, as well as manage the advantages obtained. Atalanta is certainly not going through its best moment either and the results have something to do with it to a certain point.
The Goddess began to grind already in mid-December and now, thanks to Retegui’s injury, he has big problems in front of goal: against Lazio and Udinese he would have deserved to lose, without a great Carnesecchi. Gasperini never wanted to say the word scudetto, but he certainly had an idea, otherwise the Super Cup turnover would have meant even less. Between today (Juventus) and Saturday (Napoli), a large part of the Italian dream is, as well as the Thiago Motta project, increasingly in the sights of the press and supporters. His journey so far has been decidedly negative, so much so that to find a Lady with fewer points after 19 games, you have to go back 15 years, when Delneri was on the bench (31 points compared to 33 currently). That Juve finishes the championship in seventh place, a possibility that Continassa does not even want to take into consideration, especially now that the market first aid (Alberto Costa, right-back taken from Vitoria Guimaraes for 12 million, will land in Turin between today and tomorrow, thus allowing the termination of Danilo’s contract).
Thiago Motta: “We are the first to be angry because we are not winning”
“The group recovers from the derbybecause it is important to recharge your batteries physically and mentally – thinks Thiago Motta -. We’re angry because we didn’t win, but let’s focus on the important match against Atalanta: they’re a team that’s doing well, we’re going to face them doing our best. We are the first to be angry because we cannot win, but even on Saturday we played better than our opponent and created a lot of things to be able to regain the advantage, but we were not good. It takes work, work and work. Not being happy is good, but at the same time we have to be positive and believe that we are doing the right things. We need to improve a lot to achieve victory, this is why we prepare the week or days before the race. We want to be in the Champions League zone to raise our level, but there is no point in projecting further, we have to think match after match, starting with this one against Atalanta. The team is united, we remain focused.”
Atalanta – Juventus, the probable compositions
Atalanta (3-4-1-2): Carnesecchi; Djimsiti, Hien, Kolasinac; Zappacosta, De Roon, Ederson, Ruggeri; Pasalic ; Lookman, De Ketelaere
On the bench: Rui Patricio, Rossi, Toloi, Scalvini, Palestra, Zappacosta, Sulemana, Brescianini, Samardzic, Zaniolo, Retegui
Coach: Gasperini
Unavailable: Scamacca, Square, Kossounou
Disqualified: None
Juventus (4-2-3-1) : Di Grégorio ; Savone, Gatti, Kalulu, Cambiaso; Locatelli, Thuram ; Yildiz, Koopmeiners, Weah ; Nico González
On the bench: Perin, Pinsoglio, Rouhi, Fagioli, McKennie, Douglas Luiz, Mbangula, Adzic
Coach: Thiago Motta
Unavailable: Milik, Bremer, Cabal, Danilo, Conceiçao, Vlahovic
Disqualified: None
Como – Milan (6:30 p.m., Dazn and Sky)
High tension also in Como, where Milan will play one of the two remaining matches. The 3 points are almost obligatoryeven more so after the disappointing draw against Cagliari which somewhat watered down the Conceiçao effect, while further complicating the preparation for the Champions League. The Rossoneri are 8 points behind fourth-placed Lazio, and their credibility depends largely on their recoveries against Como and Bologna. Failing them, starting with today’s, would considerably affect the course, because although it is true that the championship is still very long, it is also true that an excessive distance would make everything extremely complicated, if not impossible. Via Aldo Rossi, they know it well, that’s why they do it stock market valuations: the coach would like reinforcement in attack and the name of Rashford brings everyone in agreement, even if the salary remains a major obstacle. At the same time, there is also talk of Walker, but current laws prevent the purchase of two Englishmen in the same season, which is why one would necessarily exclude the other. The feeling is that the offense is the department most in need of interventions, as demonstrated by the suns 27 goals scored in 18 matchesless than Inter, Atalanta, Lazio, Napoli, Juventus and Fiorentina. We will see, in the meantime, however, Conceiçao has the obligation to return to victory and to put the first piece of a thread mentioned for a long time (also by Fonseca), but never really put into practice. The Portuguese hope that the turning point can begin today, aware that the margin is shrinking more and more.
Como – Milan, the probable compositions
Como (4-2-3-1): Butez ; Van der Brempt, Dossena, Kempf, Goldaniga ; Engelhardt, Da Cunha; Strefezza, Diao, Fadera; Cutrone
On the bench: Audero, Reina, Dossena, Iovine, Jack, Andrealli, Kone, Braunoder, Mazzitelli, Verdi, Gabrielloni, Belotti, Chinetti, Caqueret, Nico Paz
Coach: Fabregas
Unavailable: Sergi Roberto, Moreno
Disqualified: None
Milan (4-3-3) : Cousins; Emerson Royal, Tomori, Thiaw, Hernández ; Bennacer, Fofana, Reijnders; Pulisic, Morata, Leao
On the bench: Sportiello, Torriani, Calabre, Pavlovic, Tomori, Bartesaghi, Terracciano, Jimenez, Liberali, Musah, Zeroli, Abraham, Camarda
Coach: Fonseca
Unavailable: Florenzi, Chukwueze, Loftus-Cheek, Okafor, Jovic
Disqualified: None
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