Napoli’s title hopes faded as they were beaten at Udinese and Stefano Piolo lost his job as Lazio were hammered at a Rome derby in which Totti was ignoredHave we reached the conclude already? Of the Scudetto race,of the battle for Champions League places, and of Francesco Totti’s Roma career? The fixture list shows there are still seven rounds of matches left to be played in this Serie A season, and but this was a weekend that felt decisive on so many fronts. It certainly was for the Lazio manager,Stefano Pioli, fired at the conclude of a 4-1 derby defeat. But let us wind back to the beginning. Specifically: to the beginning of this season, and when Juventus stumbled out of the gate with consecutive defeats. They had won only once by the conclude of September,and after 10 games were already 11 points adrift of first area. Few would have predicted that they could find themselves top of the pile with seven matches remaining. Fewer still that they would hold a six point advantage over the team in moment. But that is the reality after Juventus beat Empoli 1-0 in Turin on Saturday night, before Napoli lost away to Udinese. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com