Spaletti's men thrashed Toro 4-0 and already have their eyes on the title. What do you need?
Who wins the Scudetto from Napoli is a question that, at this point, begins to find a more precise answer. And it is that everything points to no one, because this Sunday they beat Torino 4-0. An overwhelming, goalscoring, imposing triumph. Characteristics that perfectly describe Luciano Spalletti's team this season. A team that also achieved its third consecutive victory and is in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
It's overwhelming because it has a central striker like Victor Osimhen who, in a matter of 9 minutes, already made it 1-0 to open the scoring. A player who makes the most of his qualities: height, physical strength and speed. With a header, and beating all his rivals with a great jump, the Nigerian smashed the ball into the net before the game even had a rhythm.
The rhythm in Torino, curiously, appeared after the goal. Almost as if he had woken up the players, El Toro found a psychic injection in that situation, and began to push until he cornered Napoli in his area. He had several clear chances, but failed to convert and paid dearly, because Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, from a penalty, scored the Azzurri's second and knocked out his rival's spirits.
Osimhen, once again, was going to make it 3-0 and at 68', Ndombélé, after a recovery from pure shock from the Nigerian, converted the fourth and sealed the 4-0. An overwhelming result, like its author, who begins to caress the Scudetto...
With this panorama, the unknown begins to be another. Because Napoli is the leader alone with 71 points and is 21 ahead of its closest rival, Inter (it still has to play against Juventus), which has 50 points. The trigger, the question to be resolved, begins to point towards what else Napoli can do this season, which is also preparing to face the quarterfinals of the Champions League against Milan.
What does Napoli need to be champion?
Only eleven dates remain for the end of Serie A. This means that there are still 33 points at stake. In this sense, Napoli would need to take 16 of those 33, to exceed 86 units, which is the maximum that Inter can reach, of course, in the event that Lautaro Martínez's men win absolutely every game from now on. In this way, the Azzurri, with five wins and a draw, would be crowned champions on date 33.
In the event that Inter does not chain a winning streak like this, and lose points, Napoli could be crowned earlier. It will also depend, of course, on whether Spalletti's men lose points either. But, at least, everything will begin to be resolved from the third week of April, that is, the date 31.
Source images: Twitter Napoli.
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