by David Rata
Salernitana, 16th overall, has a comfortable lead of 8 points over Hellas Verona, 18th and first relegated, but is still far from having validated its maintenance even if Cremonese and Sampdoria Genoa are completely off the hook respectively at 13 and 14 lengths behind. Salernitana has just obtained its first victory, last weekend, in Lecce (1-2) after almost three months of waiting! Nicola’s team have only taken 2 points in their last 4 home games against Cremonese (2-2) and against Torino (1-1) and conceded defeat against AC Milan (1-2) and ahead of leader Naples (0-2) on January 21. Juve, a very good traveler, have won 4 of their last 5 Serie A trips to Torino (0-1), Lecce (0-1), Hellas Verona (0-1) and Cremonese (0 -1). These victories were obtained on the smallest of scores but are important for the future of the Turin club in the race for Europe, a European future which darkened after the penalty of 15 points received! Now 13th, Juventus Turin find themselves 15 points from a place in the Champions League… Will the comeback be activated this weekend after qualifying against Lazio Rome (1-0) for the 1/2 finals of the Italian Cup? The partners of Vlahovic (6 goals), touched in their pride after the rout of Turin at home against Monza (0-2) during the last day, intend to return to victory in Serie A after 3 poor performances in a row (1 draw and 2 defeats).
