“It seems that to avoid problems tonight at the Mapei Stadium Mr. Pezzuto, referee of Sassuolo-Napoli, will bring two balls onto the field”. This is how La Gazzetta dello Sport ironizes to highlight the tendency to possession of Naples and Sassuolo, who will compete this evening at the Mapei Stadium.
“The teams of Luciano Spalletti and Alessio Dionisi, in fact, are the ones that seem to be unable to do without possession. After the first fourteen days of the championship, Napoli are at the top of this special ranking with 59.7% average possession and Sassuolo in second place with 56.4%. As we know, this figure may not even be particularly indicative if the ball remains between the feet and does not move rapidly forward. But this is not the case with Napoli, impressive since the start of the championship in its constant search for spaces to strike, and with Sassuolo, which is metabolizing the change of technical leadership and illustrious sales and is progressively growing “.
