Inter-Juve 4-4: the craziest match in the world. And Fiorentina strolls over Roma (5-1)

In the second half Juve immediately conceded 4-2 through Dumfries. It now seemed a rout for the Bianconeri, who had only conceded one goal since the start of the championship. Inter went on the offensive, but wasted too much. Instead Thiago Motta in the 61st minute dropped the ace of clubs that started the comeback. The ace was Kenan Yildiz, the Turkish fantasist who came up with two impeccable left-footed strikes for Sonner. Kenan, 19 years old, wearing the number 10 shirt, is a talent who has been waiting for the right moment to explode. And he found it here at the San Siro while the Inter fans were foaming with anger. This year it goes like this: a defence that does not close, too many mistakes in attack and Napoli running away. If Conte is the winner, the loser is Inzaghi.

Even in the post-match between Fiorentina and Roma (5-1) it rained goals in bunches. But almost all of them were in the Giallorossi's goal, unable to sustain the impact of the Viola, who were too superior in rhythm and concreteness. Juric's team went off the rails, suffering a double from Kean (increasingly incisive, good news for the national team) and goals from Beltran and Bove. Down to ten for Hermoso's expulsion, Roma fell apart. Hummels made his debut by immediately scoring an own goal, and Koné's 2-1 lead was to no avail. For Fiorentina (15 goals in eight days), it was their fifth consecutive victory. For Roma, more salt on the wounds with Juric increasingly at risk.

Napoli, it must be said, is scary. It keeps winning by making, at least in appearance, the least effort. Saturday's win against Lecce (1-0) was the seventh victory out of nine games, the last four consecutive. It did not shine, indeed, it sweated until about twenty minutes from the end before breaking through the Salento defence. However, with Lukaku impalpable, Conte's team suffered and struggled to stretch the table (22 points) and, above all, to enjoy the challenge between Inter and Juve. It was a constant, rather confused attack from Napoli, with several rather crude mistakes that were, however, partly remedied by Di Lorenzo's goal.

One clear fact remains: that Napoli, having avoided all the pitfalls, arrive at tomorrow's challenge against AC Milan with ease. A Milan side that, despite having been able to rest due to the postponement of the match against Bologna, will be decimated by the absences of Hernandez and Reijnders (disqualified) and Gabbia (muscular injury). For the partenopei, the challenge of San Siro can become an excellent springboard to accelerate their run, since then, with Atalanta and Inter, the bar will be raised even higher.

Milan's approach is different, always precarious in its fragile existential equilibrium. The absences among the Rossoneri are heavy (absurd anyway that the disqualifications are served against Napoli) plus go and see what happens in the Diavolo's house. The impression is that all it takes is a gust of wind to make it fall again. It is true that in front of the abyss (as in the derby) he manages to be at his best, but it is not always a party. Some believe that a pass from Ibrahimovic from Milanello is enough to turn the toad into a prince. Unfortunately, fairy tales, in football, are almost over. There is the Atalanta one, but it is not always repeatable elsewhere.

In Dea, Gasperini's hand can really be seen. Retegui the top scorer, Lookman irrepressible and De Ketelaere regenerated, are phenomena that unmistakably bear his signature. The pic nic with Verona (6-1) perhaps doesn't do justice to the fragility of the Scaligeri. But what a spectacle to see Atalanta play! It entertains, it scores, it plays from memory with the lightness of the strong. A poster of fine football, that of Bergamo, which the American co-owner, Stephen Pagliuca, will be happy to hang up in Boston.

Talk about ups and downs. On the upswing was Lazio, who asphalted Genoa (3-0) at the Olimpico. The biancocelesti, without Zaccagni, dominated and scored with Noslin, Pedro and Vacino. The red and blues, on the other hand, sank, as they were waiting for Balotelli to return and had only picked up one point in the last five matches. The return of Balo - 34 years old, 52 goals in the A league - re-proposes the eternal debate on the talent thrown away by a player who could have left a mark and instead only left it in the chronicles

with his behaviour. extravagant. 'He still has the fire in him,' says Gilardino, asking him about the goals of salvation. The good thing is that Mario is still capable of inventing things that other, more disciplined strikers can't even imagine.

Unfortunately, talent isn't everything in football, but we wouldn't mind a good shot of Balotelli's tail before his farewell.

The one who needs a friend, who makes him realise that he is out of time, is the incurable Totti. He has said that he wants to return to play, that he already has two offers, that in two months he would be ready. At 48 he'd better keep playing padel instead.

But why? Someone stop him, tell him his train has already passed. Leaving the scene is not always an easy transition. But great champions are also seen in this.

An unforgettable centre forward, Marco Van Basten, who will be 60 years old next Thursday, comes to mind in this regard. It seems incredible because his goals and assists are still in everyone's memory. Rare pearls that are often recalled when talking about Arrigo Sacchi's great Milan and the Dutch national team that won the European Championship in 1988 thanks also to the goals (memorable the one in the final against the USSR) of the 'Swan' from Utrecht.

Powerful, elegant, skilful in the narrow despite his stature, Marco was the Nordic answer to Maradona's acrobatic football. An artist who did not like to be pigeon-holed, Van Basten often quarrelled with Sacchi for this very reason. He was only stopped by a cursed ankle, tarred by the hounds of the time, which forced him to retire when he was not even 30 years old. Perhaps Totti, who instead enjoyed a long career, wishing him well could understand that it could have been worse.