AC Milan falls to Parma and Inter fly to the title

Milan-Parma 0-1. Poor Diavolo, what a disappointment: it was all set at San Siro to reduce the distance from the cousins to 7 points, and instead it finds itself, dejected, still minus ten.

An ugly joke, scored by Parma, that no one expected coming as AC Milan had achieved 24 useful results in a row. The Rossoneri's last fall was on the first day of the championship against Cremonese. A destiny, that of AC Milan, to be pierced at home by the provincial teams or, in case it was politically incorrect to call them that, by the teams occupying the right side of the table. It was an unfortunate Sunday made even more unfortunate by Loftus-Cheek's exit on a stretcher due to a nasty collision with goalkeeper Corvi, from which he got the worst of it (fractured jaw). Gabbia was also injured in the warm-up.

To make the chronicle is practically useless: let's say that Milan, apart from an initial flurry by the Emiliani, occupied Parma's area for 80 minutes, even hitting an inside post with Leao. A great pressure went up in smoke, however, when in the 80th minute, on a corner, Troilo's header made the mocking 1-0. At the time it looked as if referee Piccinini would cancel it all out due to an alleged block by Valenti on Maignan. But after the Sacred Var check the goal was validated to the great dismay of the Rossoneri, who protested instead justly for a foul by the same Troilo on Bartesaghi. Mah, understanding something has become increasingly difficult.

Roma-Cremonese 3-0. An excellent opportunity, after the collective fall of AC Milan, Napoli and Juve, that Roma did not let slip by demolishing the remnants of Cremonese, increasingly sucked into the relegation zone, whose last victory dates back to 7 December. A very precious success, that of the Giallorossi, which brings them up to third place ahead of Napoli. The goals all came in the second half with Cristante, Ndicka and Pisilli. Everything is going well for Gasp. The other rivals floundered, Roma flew towards the Champions League.

Atalanta-Napoli 2-1. Intense, very physical match, well overturned by the Bergamasks, who were one goal down (Beukema) in the first half, but re-emerged in the second half thanks to some changes by Palladino and goals by Pasalic and Samardzic that overturned the result. For Napoli, hooked in third place by Roma, a slip that complicates the Champions League race that now sees five teams within five points. Conte's team, which dropped physically in the second half, protested, however, for two episodes contested by the manager Giovanni Manna. The first for a penalty first conceded by referee Chiffi and then taken away by Var; the second for the goal cancelled out to Gutierrez for an alleged hold by Hojlund on Hien. "It's embarrassing. Never mind the penalty taken away, but the goal we scored in the second half is good. It's madness. to take away a goal like that. What is the Var for? Where's the foul?" protested the Parthenopean manager. What can we say? Manna is right: the goal was valid. The problem, however, does not only concern Napoli, the latest victim of a series of blunders that are repeated from round to round in an almost democratic manner, so to speak. It must be remembered, however, that Napoli, despite being haunted by absences, have already lost six times this year. It had never happened to Conte.

Juventus-Como 0-2. Having emerged stunned from a five-game merry-go-round in which they lost four times, conceding 15 goals, Spalletti's team is now drifting adrift. The latest fall, the most humiliating, is the one with Fabregas' Como, an increasingly strong and dominant team that easily copes with the absence of Nico Paz, the golden boy from Como. A Martian Como, like Klaebo the giant of the Norwegian bottom, in front of a pigeon-holed Juve, at the mercy of the guests also for the gross errors of Spalletti's own defenders. Who demoralised admits: 'If the level is this, we cannot nurture any ambition. It was difficult to draw up a report card: and if Mckennie and Koopmeiners competed to see who could make the most mistakes, no less clumsy was goalkeeper Di Gregorio (also an accident) in being surprised by Miretti's deflection on Vojvoida's shot.

In Como's second goal, finalised by Caqueret after a beautiful choral action, the HCL defence was not there. But beyond the mistakes, the lack of reaction was striking. An almost physical abulia that has only one explanation: the short blanket. Juve has a modest squad that, as soon as the frequency of commitments rises, goes into apnoea. Until a fortnight ago Juve seemed to be growing strongly, in fifteen days it has deflated like a punctured balloon. A collapse certified by statistics: the sum between Tudor and Spalletti makes 46 points, the worst figure in the last 15 years. Here comes the responsibility of a club that, despite having spent more than Como, finds itself again without attack, without a project and without prospects. Champions League is far away. Everything is back on the table. Spalletti's contract expires in June: rather than Juventus sending him away, it is likely that it is he who wants to leave. Finally, a stylistic detail: playing with a shirt with horizontal rugby stripes does not bring luck.

Cagliari-Lazio 0-0. With no goals scored in Saturday night's early kick-off. An end-of-season match as vibrant as a Bulgarian series. Cagliari played better in the first half, going close to scoring a couple of times. In the second half, thanks also to Mina's expulsion, Lazio took courage and twice came close to taking the lead with Cataldi. The draw, however, did not go away and, in the end, pleased everyone. Rovella went off with a fractured collarbone.

Genova v Torino 3-0. The Grifone rediscovered a success that had been missing for four weeks and allowed them to hook the Granata on 27 points. Having started well, Torino then fell apart, going down twice in the first half (goals from Norton-Cuffy and Ekuban). In the second half, inspired by Vlasic, Toro seemed to be back in the game before Pedersen's decisive topicality favoured Messias' 3-0. It must be said that Ilkan's expulsion (rough play on Colombo) completed an omelette that is becoming increasingly indigestible. The relegation zone looms. It will be a very difficult finale for Baroni.

Today Fiorentina-Pisa (18.30) and Bologna-Udinese (20.45)