Inter show, Napoli sick. Juventus, how much waste. Purple dream, nightmare grenade. Milan, dangerous decline. Taibi, I told you on June 8 …
Inter’s flight continues and, this weekend, they were the only ones to take the opportunity. Cagliari did not show up at the San Siro, as indeed they are not showing up to many appointments this season. Mazzarri’s face is a whole program. The confirmation that the fault was not of Semplici but of a club that has played too many times with fire. The Sardinians, in the summer, got everything wrong but if Giulini continues to manage the club like this, he cannot think that it will always be good for him. Inter is a show, good Inzaghi who is a candidate for the title. Napoli, perhaps, has run out of petrol. The absences (many) weigh as they did last year for Gattuso. In three weeks many have finished the irony and the comparisons between this year and last. When there are no starting attackers, the coaches cannot play. A subordinate from the unfortunate Spalletti has lost brilliance. With Empoli, if you play for the Scudetto, you must not lose. When you can’t win, you don’t have to lose.
If Juventus is thinking “oh well it ends like last year” they are very wrong. This year no one will wait for the last day to join the Champions train. Juve’s problem is that they don’t know how to play knowing that the biggest goal is now lost. Allegri can charge the team for the Champions League but make them play every week for fourth place, as a maximum goal, it is not easy. The bianconeri recover to lose points against teams fighting for salvation and these points do not add up. With a bad balance sheet, with the big players who will never come again, with the out of breath of capital gains on their necks, Juventus cannot afford a year without Champions. Instead it seems that he did not understand. The gap increases dramatically but at this rate there will be little to do. Allegri has its faults, like the club that has not reinforced the squad and does not intend to do so even this winter.
The fact is that seeing this team play is becoming a torture.
In the meantime, the Champions League discourse seems a business for a few: Milan, Inter, Napoli and Atalanta. Watch out, however, for someone who could re-enter the game. Fiorentina is taking everything with the interests it left on the street in previous years. The Commisso management starts to work but the truth is that this year, unlike the previous leagues, there is a manager who makes the team play and a striker who could make a difference in all the top European clubs. The Viola play soccer and dream of a position in the league. The square deserves it but also the property that has always made sacrifices collects very little; especially for some very questionable technical management. Iachini saved Fiorentina from a marked crisis, Prandelli brought confusion. Now, however, it is useless to talk about the past. Indeed, the viola would still like to be the protagonist on the market and dreams of Alvarez of River Plate even if the competition from the big names has been unleashed. Berardi would be perfect, the dialogue with Sassuolo continues.
For a Fiorentina who laughs, there is a Salernitana who cries. It seems to have become a habit for Salerno. What should be a dream turns into a nightmare and in a few months back to sad reality. It is the third championship that Salernitana plays in Serie A. The previous two, in different eras, lasted ten months. At this rate it will be the same again this year and it is not clear why such a warm square will not be able to enjoy some championship of A. Instead it has turned into a continuous humiliation. Is Salernitana coming? Ah, well, let’s think about the next one.
Some reflections on Milan. The team seen in the Champions League has confirmed that it does not deserve the round of 16. On the other hand, passing, after such a mediocre round, would have been a gift. With the Liverpool kids, Milan didn’t play the game from inside or outside. Nothing was seen. In Udine same copy. Ibra, in Serie A, still makes do but when the level rises he disappears from the field. Udine’s goal bears his signature and, in part, that of Silvestri. The Friuli could deserve to win but rightly the games last 95 minutes. Milan are likely to finish long in January. As already mentioned, the second lines are not worth the holders. If you are under and you rely on Daniel Maldini to recover, it means that you urgently need to make the transfer. Quality boy but to win the Scudetto you need to have 18 players of reliability and quality.
In closing, I wanted to inform you that a panettone has just been delivered to me at home. It was what Aglietti had to eat in Reggio Calabria. I’ll eat it for you. Vasco sang “It’s Alfredo’s fault”. Yes, Vasco is really his fault. On June 8, live on television, I told Taibi. With Aglietti you don’t go anywhere. He does not create teams, he ditches them. Bad dressing room management and tactically poor. He gave him a two-year contract. I am a friend of Taibi and I had warned him. He told me “You are wrong and you will agree with me”. Taac. Not even Christmas has arrived. As I write this, I don’t know if he has been exonerated because Alfredone’s defeat has just ended. 0-4 at home with Alessandria. He has a team for the top 5, with him from 14th place. The problem is that now it becomes difficult to take over this group after the Aglietti disasters. Will Toscano return? maybe. He is still on the payroll but it would be a problem because it takes a lot of work and half a revolution in January to raise them. After Chiavari, Novara, Chievo and Ascoli here is Reggio Calabria. The fans, also guilty, had welcomed him as a great Coach only out of respect for his past as a bomber. It is one thing to be a footballer, another to be a coach. But Aglietti remained in 1995 when he was paired with Pasino. The bench is another story …