Three things to look out for in Serie A

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Three things to look retired for successful Serie A

Struggling Lazio big Roma successful the archetypal Rome derby of the Serie A play with some teams inactive uncovering their feet, portion Napoli big Pisa arsenic their top-of-the-table conflict with Juventus continues.

AFP highlights 3 things to look retired for successful the Italian apical formation this weekend:

Derby time danger?

Neither Lazio nor Roma are successful the rudest of wellness heading into what is ever a fiery section matter successful the Italian capital, with some teams needing desperately not to suffer the derby aft dismal defeats past clip out.

Roma, connected six points from 3 fixtures, fell astatine location to Torino past play and are yet to truly look similar a Gian Piero Gasperini team, a translation that could instrumentality much than 1 play to complete.

But Roma fans are notorious for their deficiency of patience adjacent successful a state wherever a atrocious week oregon 2 tin pb to protagonist unrest and calls for a change, and matches with Lazio are typically pulverization keg occasions which tin specify a season.

Lazio meantime were beaten astatine promoted Sassuolo and manager Maurizio Sarri had to woody with a summertime transportation ban, meaning nary reinforcements for a squad which failed to suffice for Europe past term.

Two defeats from their archetypal 3 matches, including a diabolical opening-day show astatine Como would each beryllium forgotten with a triumph implicit their despised metropolis rivals.

Napoli connected the march

Champions Napoli person carried connected wherever they near disconnected past play and already look wide favourites to clasp the Scudetto acknowledgment to the title-winning squad being fixed an injection of caller humor with the likes of Kevin De Bruyne.

A cleanable 9 points from 9 person Antonio Conte’s squad connected apical of the pile, up of Juventus connected extremity quality and performing amended than immoderate different squad successful the league.

Promoted Pisa should beryllium nary lucifer for De Bruyne and institution contempt Napoli heading into Monday night’s clash disconnected the backmost of a gruelling nighttime successful their opening Champions League 2-0 nonaccomplishment astatine Manchester City.

Giovanni Di Lorenzo’s aboriginal reddish paper meant determination was nary fairytale instrumentality to the Etihad for De Bruyne arsenic Conte sacrificed the erstwhile City prima to bolster his defence.

But Di Lorenzo’s dismissal and De Bruyne’s departure neutered Napoli arsenic an attacking force.

Juve’s Vlahovic dilemma

Juve manager Igor Tudor has a striking dilemma connected his hands up of his team’s travel to Verona connected Saturday, erstwhile the Turin giants effort to support their cleanable commencement to the home campaign.

Vlahovic looked definite to permission successful the summertime but helium was the cardinal antheral successful Juve’s unthinkable stoppage-time comeback from 2 goals down to gully 4-4 with Borussia Dortmund connected Tuesday.

The Serbia striker netted twice, including the extremity successful the 4th infinitesimal of added clip which got Juve backmost into the game, and sparked bedlam successful the Allianz Stadium stands by mounting up Lloyd Kelly’s last-gasp leveller with a pinpoint cross.

Vlahovic has scored 4 times already this season, but his goals person each travel arsenic a substitute with caller signing Jonathan David starting 3 of Juve’s 4 matches successful each competitions.

The lone lucifer Vlahovic did commencement was Juve’s thrilling 4-3 triumph implicit Inter Milan past weekend, erstwhile helium failed to score, leaving Tudor wondering whether helium should support his highest paid subordinate (12 cardinal euros a season) arsenic an interaction sub successful what volition astir surely beryllium the 25-year-old’s last play with the club.