In the 21st week of the Italian League Serie A competition, Napoli indirectly received the blessing of a duel titled derby della madonnina, Inter Milan against AC Milan. Inter won 1-0 while shifting Milan from second place in the standings and seemed to close the opportunity for Milan to maintain the Scudetto this season.
The result simultaneously solidified Napoli’s position at the top of the standings. Unmitigated, the gap between Napoli and Inter, who are in second place, is 16 points adrift. Far enough.
The situation is getting more complicated for the Milan duo chasing Napoli. In terms of performance, Napoli has amazing consistency this season. From 21 matches, won 18 wins, 2 draws, and only one defeat.
Since losing to Inter after the 2022 world cup, Luciano Spalletti’s side are back on a path of consistency. That is, Napoli is not affected by the effects of a month’s pause due to the world cup. The players continue to maintain their best performance either before or after the 2022 world cup.
No doubt, Napoli is predicted to be even stronger to win the Scudetto this season. What’s more, the closest rivals, the Milan duo are not so consistent in maintaining victory.
If Inter survives in the top three, Milan will even be thrown far into sixth place in the standings. This is due to Milan’s poor results in the last few matches. From the last five matches, Milan only won 2 points and even suffered consecutive defeats in the last three matches in the Italian Serie A League.
For this reason, Napoli looks difficult to get down from the top of the standings because its competitors appear inconsistent. The effects were mixed, both for the Italian League and for Napoli.
Indirectly, as soon as Napoli’s performance in the season, the competition at the top of the standings seemed to have stopped after half of this season. The gap in points between Napoli and its closest competitor is so wide. The team nicknamed Gli Azzuri (the blue) is very difficult to catch.
Hence, the excitement of competing to be at the top seemed to disappear. In fact, last season, the face of competition at the top of the standings became one of the climates that appeared in the Italian Serie A League.
Last season, the Italian league seemed to rise. The face of competition that was felt in the 1990s was so visible. Evidently, at the end of the season in which Milan won the Scudetto, the distance between first and second place was only 2 points.
The face of competition between teams to be at the top is the main attraction for football lovers. When there are teams that run alone, the competition collapses and the attraction is lost.
Napoli’s success this season is actually not a surprise. This has been built over the last five seasons. Napoli often enters the top 4 and competes strictly with teams like Milan, Inter, Juve, Lazio and As Roma.
Thanks to clever transfers this season, Napoli has been able to show consistency. In fact, there are several important players who leave for other clubs.
The existence of Napoli at the top of the standings also opens up opportunities for other clubs. It turns out that staying firmly at the top with a collection of points that is quite convincing is not just the dominance of one or two clubs, which are familiar to football fans.
Napoli’s success in controlling the top of the standings can be a foothold for other teams in the coming seasons. This will also increase competition because each team sees the path that Napoli has built in the last few seasons.
Napoli’s performance cannot be separated from the contribution and individual quality of several players. Their names have also become the target of established teams from other leagues.
One of them, Victor Osimhen. The striker, who has scored in the last 5 matches in the Italian League, has become a target for Chelsea and Manchester United. The player who has scored 15 goals has become one of Napoli’s important actors this season.
Apart from Osimhen, defenders from South Korea Min jae-Kim and khvicha Kvaratskhelia, are included in the radar of big clubs in Europe. Achieving the Scudetto will open the door for big clubs to recruit important Napoli players next season.
This happened thanks to the peacock’s contribution to Napoli’s position at the top of the standings. Of course, the big teams see and evaluate the players who can be withdrawn next season.
Thanks to being firmly at the top of the Italian League standings, several Napoli players have become strong targets of clubs. Indeed, it can affect the team’s balance for next season, but it can also provide financial benefits for the club.
Napoli is very firmly at the top of the Italian League standings. It looks difficult for competing teams to catch up, let alone shift Napoli from the top of the Italian League standings.
The last time Napoli won the Scudetto was in 1990. At that time, Napoli was still reinforced by the legend from Argentina, Diego Armando Maradona.
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