In the derby, Inter attack, Milan win. But in the lead is Gasperini's Roma

Cremonese-Roma 1-3. La Magica goes. And it goes full steam ahead towards a hopeful horizon. To speak of the Scudetto, of course, is too much, but Roma are now first (27 points) ahead of AC Milan and Napoli (25) What is striking about Gasperini's team is their ease in taming an opponent, Cremonese, who were anything but surrendering. Especially in the first half, where the grigiorossi, at their third consecutive defeat, played it out on equal terms. Without a role centre forward, Gasp's team scored with Soulè, Ferguson and Wesley. The only blemish was the new expulsion (protests) for Gasperini. But it's just a detail, like the goal of the flag by Folino that adds little to the match. Striking is the involution of Cremonese, who are still well placed in mid-class with 14 points.

Napoli-Atalanta 3-1. Conte was back. He is not likeable, he has some very questionable caliph attitudes ('I am like that to many people don't like it') but he succeeds in revitalising Napoli who had come out battered from the fall with Bologna. Against Atalanta, not at all regenerated by Palladino, the partenopei had to return to victory. That was the objective and Conte, with an excellent first half, achieved it thanks to a double from Neres and a goal from Lang. Without De Bruyne, Anguissa and Gilmour, a basic midfield, and an opener-spazi centre-forward Hojund, Conte in 45 minutes cleared away all the clouds that had gathered over Vesuvius, even receiving (a rare occurrence) compliments from president de Laurentiis. In the second half, Napoli limited themselves to managing the result, risking being caught out by the re-emergence of the Bergamaschi. However, the partenopei were back in the running, erasing, at least for the moment, all internal and external controversy. Bravo Scamacca found the 3-1 for Atalanta. For Gattuso, every now and then there is good news.

Lazio-Lecce 2-0. Little by little, at times with exasperating slowness, Sarri's team climbs the table. It is now level at 18 alongside Como, who will play against the granata in Turin today (18.30). About the match at the Olimpico, there is little to say because it was completely dominated by Lazio, who went ahead with Guendonzi in the first half and closed in the final with Noslin. The 2-0 win was a narrow one for the Biancocelesti, who also hit two posts. However, the inconsistency of the Salentini, who were truly impalpable, must be mentioned. The quality was poor, but a little more reactivity wouldn't hurt, because the rivals were pressing behind.

Udinese-Bologna 0-3. But where does Vincenzo Emiliano's team want to go? Who can stop them anymore? By winning in Udine, the Rossoblù racked up their eleventh useful result between Serie A and the Europa League. By now Bologna, even if it is still snubbed by the gurus of the critics, is a Champions League team. Let's say it has taken the place of Gasperini's Atalanta. It plays almost from memory, without reverential fears. In Udine, despite having six starters out, they played with the pace of the big team, letting the Friulans vent in the first half hour and then taking the match into their own hands despite Orsolini's missed penalty. In the second half, however, Udinese disappeared. Pogeba's double first on Orsolini's assist then taking advantage of a clumsy foot error by goalkeeper Okoye. In the second half Bernadeschi also scored. It had been four years since he had scored a goal in A. Could this also be a sign of destiny?

Fiorentina-Juventus 1-1. Perhaps with Juve we should lower our expectations. We believe it to be a Scudetto team, but instead it can barely fight for a place in the Champions League. The draw with the Viola is the litmus test of its current (poor) chances. This was seen at the start of the second half when the Bianconeri were ahead after Kostic's fine shot. Instead of taking advantage of Fiorentina's bewilderment, Spalletti's men began to brake, putting Vanoli's team back on track and they found the equaliser with a venomous left-footed shot from Mandragora. In order to aspire to something more, and to get out of the pareggite, juventite's senile disease, you cannot go into the break at half-time. What is needed is another mentality, an outburst that so far, despite Spalletti's arrival (3 draws out of 4), has not been seen. You cannot say that the challenge was not hard fought, but Fiorentina comes from the troubles we know.

The only one who does not fit in with this trend is Vlahovic, targeted with racist chants by the purple ultras, who was also good at getting a penalty later cancelled by a not very enlightening Var intervention. The Serbian is one who fights, who leaves no stone unturned in the collective darkness. Why Juve wanted to give him away remains a mystery

Verona-Parma 1-2. The Emilians found their second win of the season in Verona thanks to a brace from their centre-forward, Pellegrino, which allowed Parma to pull away from Genoa and move away from the maelstrom of relegation. For Verona, booed by the fans, another fall that hurt because it came after the 1-1 signed by the Brazilian Giovane. However, after that he made a hara-kiri with an unbalanced back pass to his own start that became a paradoxical assist for Pellegrino, who was able to score the double with an elegant lob.

Cagliari-Genoa -3-3. Eppur si muove. Slowly Genoa went upstream. This time, however, De Rossi had to thank for a botch-up by Cagliari goalkeeper Caprile which, seven minutes from the 90th minute, allowed Martin to draw 3-3 and snatch a point from Cagliari, who had not won since the 2-1 against Lecce on 19 September. All in all, a beautiful match, full of goals, which began with Genoa's advantage signed by Vitinha. After Borrelli's equaliser, the Ligurians doubled with Esposito. In the second half Cagliari took the lead again with Borrelli. In the final, Martin's goal ended the match in a draw.