Inter slowed down (but the draw is worth gold), Napoli in the middle, Como shines and Juve in Champions form: Serie A continues to amaze.

Inter slows down again and reopens an endless, senseless arbitration debate. It is not about verifying or commenting on whether Sulemana's push on Dumfries was a foul; in the Premier League, such contact would never be considered, but rather the criteria that, in other circumstances - in an identical situation - have led to different decisions. This applies to the contact that penalized Frattesi in the penalty area of Atalanta at the end of the match; there is no longer a guideline that applies to everyone. At other moments in the season, penalties have been called for much less; we are now in a mood blender that can only change through a serious revision of the refereeing system. Inter has a bit of a short arm in managing the match: too many ups and downs; when they need to close it out, they don’t, then they get anxious and pay for it. Regardless of a possible, probable, conquest of the Scudetto, these are issues that will need to be addressed in future strategies. In the end, Inter's draw is worth gold because Milan stumbles in Rome, a great Lazio brings home the spoils with Isaksen and total organization. The nerazzurri have eight points of advantage, almost a verdict.

Napoli lives off the flashes of its mega interpreters who, little by little, are returning to availability for Antonio Conte. The first half against Lecce was a “five minus,” the second half was substantial, favored by Hojlund's spark and then followed by Politano's double. It is important to emphasize how injuries have strongly affected the journey, but not to the point of reaching thirtieth place in Champions League without the possibility of at least playing the playoffs (a disaster). If last August, after assembling a top squad, we had been told that Napoli in March would only be fighting for a spot in the important Europe, we would have struggled to believe it. These issues will be the essential basis for reviving the marriage between De Laurentiis and Conte; the third adventure in the same “house” would be a record event considering the recent habits of the demanding Antonio.

Impressive is the march of Como that overturns Roma, climbs alone to the number 4 spot in the standings, and summarizes an elementary concept: you can have a lot of money to spend, but you are good if you don’t throw it out the window and if you make it available to a top coach (Fabregas). In this specific case, there is an admirable symbiosis. Roma slips, paying for its flawed market strategies. Very good is Juventus, increasingly in Spalletti mode. Authoritative in Udine from the first ball, devastating with Yildiz, lively with Boga at the third consecutive goal, confirming that a coach matters (indeed) even if they don’t give him a pure striker as he vainly requested in January. Juventus will remain on the “fourth place” tram until the last second, now always one point behind, but remember this concept: any operation for the future must necessarily go through Spalletti's approval. Otherwise, it would mean not having learned the lesson from the absurd first months of a season that, without Lucio's hand, would already be forgotten. Instead, no.