Having reached the twentieth day of the championship, the first after the return round, Napoli are 13 points ahead of Inter, second in the standings. Only Catanzaro have done better than the Azzurri in Lega Pro, leading Group C at 25 points ahead of Crotone and having yet to lose a match after twenty-five days.
But it's another level. In the top European leagues there is no comparison with the magical year of the Neapolitans.
Is it the merit of Spalletti's men? Definitely.
Demerit of the others? Also.
In fact, there do not seem to be any teams of a level that can worry the Neapolitans to the point of making them fear the worst.
Napoli's only real opponent is now itself. If it manages to maintain this form and continue on its path as it has done so far, it will find itself, on May 7, with four days to spare, celebrating the third title in its history.
The experts of scommesse777.com they have no doubts and consider a championship that has been missing for thirty years to be very likely.
Back then, there was a certain Maradona who was leading the team. Today, leading the winners' chariot is Victor Osimhen, top scorer with 14 goals in 16 games played and a scoring average of one goal every 94,28 games.
Personal best and same score he achieved in the previous championship after 27 games played.
His merit, without a doubt, but also of a team that turns and of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, among others, as a perfect companion in arms. For the Georgian, in his first season in the blue jersey, already 8 assists and 7 goals, in addition to numbers and plays of the highest technical level.
Khvicha leads the assist charts alongside Lazio's Milinkovic-Savic, followed in the Serie A top 5 by teammates Mario Rui and Piotr Zieliński with 6 each.
Symptom of a Napoli that knows how to play as a team and that has been able to find in Luciano Spalletti the right leader to lead the Scudetto expedition. After the first year with the Neapolitans, where he was able to give the team an identity and a game that brought him to third place in the championship, this year he is confirming his qualities and reaping the fruits of the work done.
For the coach from Certaldo it would be the first scudetto in one of the main European championships after the two won with Zenit in Russia.
Without forgetting the Champions League. Napoli has in fact easily overcome the first phase, qualifying in first place ahead of Liverpool, Ajax and Rangers, and will soon have to face Eintracht Frankfurt for the round of 16. Never in its history, not even in the days of the Champions Cup, has it managed to play the quarter-finals.
2011-12 season: eliminated by Chelsea in the round of 3 after a 1-1 first leg and a 4-2016 second leg after extra time; 17-1 season: eliminated by Real Madrid in the round of 3 after a 1-3 first leg and a 2019-20 second leg; 1-1 season: eliminated by Barcelona in the round of 1 after a 3-XNUMX first leg and a XNUMX-XNUMX second leg.
Never like this year does everything seem possible.
In addition to the splendid form of Spalletti's men, fate (or San Gennaro) wanted them to meet a team that is much more affordable than the others, and which currently occupies sixth place in the Bundesliga. The bookmakers also agree on the final result, and give the Neapolitans as favorites in the first leg (away) against Eintracht.
In fact, Napoli is tipped to be 12 possible winners of the Cup, level with Real Madrid and better than Chelsea, Tottenham, Inter and Milan.
In short, a year to remember and which, regardless of the Champions League campaign, will go down in the annals as one of the best in the last thirty years.
Article published on 3 February 2023 - 10:41
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