At 22 o'clock on January 13, Beijing time, the two matches of the 20th round of the 2023-24 Serie A season will start at the same time, with promoted Genoa facing Torino at home, and defending champion Napoli facing Salernitana at home. Both games have their own highlights, and a brief analysis is as follows:
Let's first understand the standings after 19 rounds of Serie A, Napoli has 28 points and ranks ninth; Torino is 10th with 27 points; Genoa are 13th with 21 points; Salernitana finished bottom with 12 points.
At a glance, these are four teams in the middle and lower reaches of the ranking.
Genoa vs Turin
For Genoa, who play at home, there is a need to put it to the test of the opening of the winter transfer window - Romanian centre-back Dragusin has joined Premier League side Totenham Hotspur and Genoa has been awarded a transfer fee of 31 million euros, but manager Gilardino needs to find a "replacement" for Dragusin.
As a promoted horse, Genoa's performance in the first half of the season is absolutely remarkable, especially in the last four Serie A games, Genoa has drawn with Juventus, Inter Milan and Bologna, three top five strong teams, and the team's fighting power is admirable.
Turin, who are playing away, have also performed well this season, especially in the last round, where they beat defending champions Napoli 3-0 at home, which suddenly pushed Mazzari, who took charge halfway, into the whirlpool of "dismissal".
As a mid-table team, Torino's weakness is also more obvious, that is, the away combat ability is slightly good, the last four away games 2 draws and 2 losses, no wins.
Napoli vs Salernitana
For both teams, it was a game that no one could afford to lose.
As the defending champions, Napoli is already 20 points behind Inter Milan at the top of the table, and it should be a "fool's dream" to defend the title. With only five points behind fourth-place Fiorentina, it doesn't look like a big gap, but Napoli is ahead of Bologna, Atalanta, Lazio and Roma, and they are also eyeing to squeeze into the top four "Champions League zone".
Mazzari, who has entered the palace for the second time, has already sat in the "crater", because his leading record is obviously not as good as that of Garcia, who has left office. It was only because the boss did not find a suitable replacement for the time being that Mazzari was not fired.
Salernitana are struggling in the relegation zone, and in the past two games Salernitana have faced Juventus in succession, first losing 1-6 away in the Coppa Italia, and then losing 1-2 in Serie A.
In terms of historical record, Napoli are unbeaten with 6 wins and 3 draws.
For the record, every guide is different, because every game is not replicable.
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