– Call an ambulance, we said about Juventus.
– But not for me, answered the old lady.
For once, the song “La Vecchia Signora” was absolutely right to downplay the stakes.
Assuming Napoli’s crazy level of play really cools down at some point, Inter are one of the last clubs you’ll want to count on in the title race.
After all, they entered the season as a favorite in many people’s predictions. After all, they have the best team in Italy on paper.
But as after a difficult and injury-ridden autumn, there is plenty of catching up to get seriously involved (no matter how many points Napoli are willing to give up in the future). The club that needs three points to move forward no matter which opponent they face.
Above all, they needed the points they didn’t get on Sunday.
Something, in all honesty, they should feel they could do with more superiority and a little bit of courage.
And I say that despite the fact that they faced an opponent who, in general, was less interested in making football than Sunday’s derby.
The difference was that the opponent was absolutely right not to care.
They still have the X factor.
I’m usually on the front lines questioning Juventus’ approach to football under Massimiliano Allegri. Because it’s sadistic to not be interested in playing constructive football as Juventus have been for most of this season.
But given the high injury status and power ratio prevailing, I fully understand that you’re entering and minimizing the risk of ripping out half of the entire Italy derby. Rather, they are right to do so.
The fact that Juventus are playing a home game with a conscious seal, regardless of the opponent, says a lot about how much lower they were a few years ago.
But the only strength that Juve have to rejoice in these times is, after all, the single x factor. The one who showed up when they needed him. The one who made sure they actually won so many matches that, in terms of gameplay, it was too painful to watch. The X Factor often came about last spring with Dusan Vlahovic’s sense of purpose. During the fall, Angel Di Maria was often the few times he wasn’t away due to injury.
Far from Lecce, it was young Niccol Fagioli who scored the only goal of the match, giving him his first. league– Start on Sunday.
In the second half against Inter, it was Philippe Costek.
Kostic made the difference
When Inter as a team didn’t have time to wake up from sleeping pills until the first half, it was Kostik who gave the Blues a sudden awakening after a corner. Robot production. Detailed in good condition. 1-0 on the board.
It was Kostik who played for the captain of the team, Danilo, and the VAR overturned the “goal 2-0”. It was Kostik who almost conceded 2-0 by himself when he hit the post. And of course it was Kostik who played so cautiously with the aforementioned Niccol Fagioli (if he didn’t start every game from now on, it would almost be a mistake) for the 2-0 redemption goal when he finally came.
It was the cunning Serb who made the difference as Inter were once again frustrated and frustrated with Juve’s pragmatic and effective approach.
When the final whistle blew, a giant-crippled Juventus side won their fourth consecutive Serie A game, bypassing both Inter and Roma in the table, suddenly becoming a team clinging to CL position (and possibly even a title fight).
45 minutes ago they were ready to call an ambulance for the old lady from Turin.
However, there is certainly cause for concern in the long run.
But of course she is still alive.