The Rome sinks and really seems unable to go up again. Napoli, on the other hand, deservedly won 4-1 for a challenge that they could also afford to "snub" and that instead faced and led head-on. At the Olimpico basically the difference is all here. Rome, despite the need for points, has no character, hunger or desire, but Naples has much more organization and quality. In a game that at times seems to end the season, the guests conduct the dances from start to finish and if Roma remains in the game for a while it is only more by chance than by the Giallorossi. The blow, however, for Ranieri's team is almost lethal for the Champions League ambitions, but this Roma must also worry about defending the possible Europa League. For Ancelotti's team, on the other hand, a well-deserved and healthy victory, which allows it to remain firmly in second place, almost mortgaging it.

JEWEL MILIK - Ranieri changes the cards on the table, opts for the 4-2-3-1 (with Cristante trequartista) and he plays all the jokers (read falls from injuries), with on the pitch from Manolas, De Rossi d Kolarov. Ancelotti, on the other hand, has the cash men and nothing can be invented, if not to confirm the canonical 4-4-2, with Fabian Rui recovered in extremis in the middle of the field and Mertens in front in support of Milik. Not even two minutes pass that the Neapolitans are already ahead, with a marvelous goal for construction and finalization: Verdi's dig for Milik, who controls in the heel and in the bag of force. We would expect a reaction of yellow and red anger and instead the beat of Rome is almost flat.

To play the match is always the Napoli (at the end of the first half 66-34% the possession of the ball in favor of the Neapolitans, 9-4 the calculation of the throws), with Roma beaten in the last thirty meters more intent on taking no 0 to look for a draw. Nzonzi has a flare at 18 'of his head (just outside), even if the French is irritating for his attitude, errors and intensity. So at 31 'Napoli has the opportunity of k.o, with Verdi kicking Olsen from a few meters on an assist from Mertens. Five minutes later the Belgian also builds Milik's 2-0 ball, but the goal is canceled due to an offside spot. So to find the goal, unexpectedly, at 47 'is Roma with Perotti on penalty, for a naive foul by Meret on Schick. The Argentine (who had made himself dangerous even before with a header to the side) thus puts things right for Roma, with Napoli instead having to complain about a game played long and wide, but without succeeding in unleashing the knockout.

THE ALL-LIGHT OF AZZURRI - The nodes, however, come home to roost at the beginning of the second half, where in the first ten minutes Napoli closes the games. At 5 'Callejon puts in a cut ball, Olsen misses completely intervention and Mertens solitary bags at the second post. This minutes later Fabian Ruiz leaves in speed to De Rossi, fishing in the Verdi area that from left hand side puts it to the edge of the pole. On 3-1 Ancelotti loses Mertens for a blow (so far the best in the field) and puts in Ounas, Ranieri plays the Zaniolo card for a Schick that to say ugly is an understatement. The problem for Rome is that there are at least two categories of difference in terms of desire, character, personality and game organization. Napoli is a team, Roma a group of players in total disarray. Olsen tries to recover on a Milik free-kick, Nzonzi is denied the goal from the crossbar (after being rebounded by Cristante) and at the end the Napoli is also poker with Younes, who in the area sows panic and marks strength on the rejection of Olsen on his first attempt. It looks like a massacre and in some ways it is also approached. Thus ends, with Napoli to dribble and Roma to wonder why we can reduce it like this.