Deep Napoli, Lazio recovered and Inter trying to escape

2023 in football is coming to an end, there is only one round left and then we will be able to draw the first conclusions of this half-season. The 2023 of football is coming to an end and it is still at the top of the table Simone Inzaghi’s Inter stable at +4 from second Juventus.

Behind the competition pushes, but for a moment let’s try to look beyond Bologna’s splendid parable and at the numbers, now increasingly convincing of Fiorentina. Let’s look at two teams, one going up and the other going down: the Napoli and the Lazio.

Guendouzi is Lazio’s extra weapon. Photo Source: Calciomercato.com

The recovery of the Biancocelesti

Two goals, one at the beginning and one towards the end. The first of the new purchase Guendouzithe second of the discovery Zaccagni. Lazio thus settles the Empoli affair, returning to a victory that was missing in the championship since 2 December, when at the Olimpico the men of Maurizio Sarri they beat Ranieri’s Cagliari with a clear 1-0. Lazio wins, takes advantage of Atalanta’s defeat and yet another misstep by Napoli and gets closer to the European zone. With a statistic that makes us think and that invites everyone to make a greater commitment: based on the first half alone, the Biancocelesti would be in full swing for the Champions League. 28 hypothetical points in the first 45 minutes. Points that then dematerialize until the 90th. Solving this gap will be fundamental for Sarri & co’s European hopes.

The plan to escape

Without Dimarco and without Dumfriescon Square now in the pits and with Lautaro Martinez stayed home due to a muscle strain. The Inter that won against Lecce was a team in emergency but not in difficulty, thanks to a long bench and a very high quality squad which allowed the reserves, the wingmen, those who don’t make the headlines to come in and to do well straight away. It is the case of ArnautovicOf BisseckOf Darmian. Wide alternatives, many different possibilities for Simone Inzaghiwho is preparing to end 2023 on top. And perhaps escape to +7, if his friend Jose Mourinho were to do his thing against Juventus.

Arnautovic, author of an assist. Photo Source: TUTTOmercatoWEB.com

Naples crisis again

Napoli’s Rudy Garcia he had scored 21 points in 12 games, with 6 victories. Doing worse than this seemed impossible, the crisis of the Italian champion team seemed to have reached its lowest point. After the farewell of the Frenchman and the arrival of the Italian coach the music seemed to have changed, but it was an illusion: in 5 games the Mazzarri’s Naples he only scored 6 points. If she was fourth before, now she finds herself seventh. A deep blue that doesn’t want to be interrupted. A deep blue that must end in 2024.

2023-12-26 11:00:53
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