There is an Inzaghi in the lead with Inter, with great merits, and another in the rear with Salernitana, with few faults. Serie A offers new emotions every week but also certain confirmations: there is a great team launched in the Scudetto race that has almost left a gap behind, if it weren’t for a Juventus that keeps pace by beating Fiorentina at the Franchi and proposes itself with strength for a championship-long Italian derby. Inter flies, according to prediction: to the quality of the squad is added the determination and the awareness that it could be the right year with a super Lautaro who has scored double the goals of those who are chasing him in the scoring charts. However, the possible Viola trap doesn’t work for the Bianconeri, who avoid it by once again keeping the armored door and capitalizing as much as possible on Miretti’s goal in the first half. Fiorentina doesn’t shy away from reacting, they create an enormous amount of play – 25 shots against the Bianconeri’s 4 in total – but Szczesny is always in the right place to avert any danger and the defense is a wall so the Italian team loses the third game in a row, after the derby with Empoli and the match against Lazio, and leaves the Europe zone overtaken by Atalanta, Bologna and also by Roma.
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Heart-pounding comeback for Roma at the Olimpico who in injury time overturned the match against Lecce which seemed haunted. Dybala returns but Lukaku takes the penalty initially and misses. Roma attacks but slowly loses momentum and Lecce on the counterattack passes through Almqvist and comes close to doubling the lead. In injury time Azmoun and Lukaku allow Roma to win three golden points and prepare for the derby by overtaking Lazio. Milan, now at -6, are licking their wounds after the flop against Udinese, the rejection of a large part of the transfer market and they have to apologize because the deputy Giroud had him at home and sent him away again cut your teeth.
Lorenzo Colombo continues to grow and confirms it with the brace that allows Monza to defeat Verona, who were leading after two days and are now third from last. In fact, he was overtaken by the brilliant Cagliari regenerated by Ranieri, who won the battle against Genoa. The long wave of whistles at San Siro affects Lukaku who after 5′ takes the ball to take a penalty called against Lecce, despite the presence of the returning Dybala, and has it saved by Falcone. It is the first error in Italy after 21 hits.
The Giallorossi attack, create some chances but Lecce holds up well. Freshness is missing, the Apulians reply with more and more conviction and pass through Almqvist following action by Banda and hesitation by Mancini. Mourinho brings back Renato Sanches, Azmoun and Belotti, it seems like a move of desperation with an unrealistic 4-2-4. And instead the game changes face: Azmoun equalizes with a header, Lukaku redeems himself and secures a very important victory. Lecce played a judicious match, showed their quality, but in the end they succumbed by leaving the pitch with their heads held high.
The gall eaten with the defeat of Rome has sedimented the right attitude to resume the race. Palladino’s Monza marches as quickly as last year, has a defined structure: the coach mixes the experience of D’Ambrosio and Gagliardini, the quality of Pessina, a ‘ten’ like Colpani who deserves the national team, an elf not always inspired like Vignato, while the young under 21 Colombo now takes care of finishing the goals, relegating Dany Mota to the bench. Behind everyone there is one of the best Italian goalkeepers, Di Gregorio. Verona is in crisis after a dazzling start, and now Baroni risks being sacked.
The success was legitimate with a brace from Colombo and a seal from Caldirola, but the Venetians did not complete the few opportunities they created.
The turning point came with the extraordinary comeback against Frosinone. Ranieri’s Cagliari straightened out the season in eight days by adding another comeback in the Italian Cup, in extra time, against Udinese and the narrow but deserved success against Genoa, the direct opponent for survival. The expert Roman coach had a hand in the success because Viola and Zappa scored, assisted by Petagna, three players who entered in the second half. Genoa gave in after having momentarily equalized with a good turn from the usual Gudmundsson, but the Ligurians had to settle for a good performance and an acceptable ranking for now.
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2023-11-05 22:35:00
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