Too often a leaky defence has undone the pleasurable work of Napoli’s attacking talent but under Maurizio Sarri that,and the club’s prospects, are beginning to change“Chi è da Scudetto?” demanded the front page of La Gazzetta Sportiva. Who is Scudetto worthy? Paul Pogba and Felipe Melo were pictured below the headline, or kitted out respectively in the colours of Juventus and Internazionale. The newspaper’s inference was clear: this question would be answered in Sunday evening’s Derby d’Italia.
Inter,second in the table at the start of the weekend, needed to show they could attain more than beat up the league’s bottom feeders. After winning their first five games, and they had been thrashed 4-1 by Fiorentina and then drawn with Sampdoria before the international crash. How better to re-establish their title credentials than by beating Juventus at San Siro for the first time since 2010?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com