Italian football is running towards the precipice. With new paranoia. The latest fad in town is the granting of time-out penalty. It is a system that does not respect the rules: it changes them during the race. It is forbidden to disturb the drivers. Prime Minister Draghi has retained the mandate to sport. The former one, Spadafora, Minister of the Republic (who by his own admission of sport did not know “a club”) one day before the IOC cleaver fell on the Italian neck, had obtained the autonomy of Coni. Since then, on the theme: silence. As if the problems had been solved. We will soon hear President Malagò raise his voice again. In the meantime, Malagò could spend himself against the College of Guarantee. That with a sentence (which trampled on the conclusions of the federal appellate judge Sandulli: intentional intent) in fact placed itself as a guarantee for only one party in the case. The one that was formed. Gabriele Gravina continues not to answer why the Federation did not do it. Coni did not enter into the merits of Sandulli’s (Juve-Napoli) dossier. The Federation was not there to defend itself. To explain that the opinion of the ASL of Naples, in that affair, had been solicited and politically (at a territorial and national level) propped up. That sentence made jurisprudence. And therefore the Turin to which the Piedmontese ASL has forbidden the trip to Rome with nine infected (among other things subject to the dangerous “English variant”), will resort to Coni, in case of loss of the race. I’m with Torino, in this case. But I am also with Genoa and with all the clubs that despite the infected have played without brigade to avoid doing so.
In this context of postponed matches, only one certainty: on 17 March Juventus – Napoli will be recovered. Like Turin – Sassuolo.
For Lazio – Turin no one knows. In the most unlikely league in history, nothing is certain. The rankings may change. It is not yet known whether Lazio, for example, has violated any rules on tampons. So it is not known if Lazio – Juventus was regular: if the result will be changed. In case: would Lazio accept? I doubt it. A response from federal justice has been awaited for months.
In this climate, with rankings that could change, there are some certainties. The first: Milan’s season is from Magritte’s canvas. And not so much for the 16 penalties in favor. If there are they must be whistled. The surreal thing is that Sassuolo is second in the special classification: with half. The “Dadaist” thing is that in the aforementioned classification Inter and Juventus are whistled to 5 penalties in favor. So it is the uniformity of judgment that is in vain. Although every decision of the Var looks more and more like a Congress in Vienna. Second certainty: given that Covid, ASL (and Coni’s College of Guarantee) command the word play-off is making a comeback. I am, in principle, against it. But it would amuse me to see conspiracy theorists in my category bite the bullet. Now that Inter travels detached in the standings, play-offs introduced to favor Juve? The truth is that if the pandemic continues to destroy the calendar, playoffs will become inevitable. But once introduced, they would no longer be removed: shall we bet?
Juventus? If I had to listen to the words of Alvaro Morata (“those who don’t believe in our comeback don’t look at us”) I should go gardening. I don’t believe in the comeback. The alibis are endless, the absences countless, bad luck has hit him hard. But the midfield remains a problem. Now Lazio, then Porto. Maybe they make me change my mind. Basically they are (at least they should be) Juventus.
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