Napoli defeats Sampdoria and is projected to be a champion in the winter. In the wake Juventus after the sixth consecutive championship is never paid and with the victory over Rome for 1-0 proves to be the only rival of Naples for the final championship. Christmas is very sad for the Milanese: Inter loses the second match in a row and opens Spalletti's first mini-crisis, Milan collapses at home and Gattuso thunders with an explicit “we are not a team”. A happy Christmas instead for Lazio that overwhelms Crotone in the second half, while in the safety zone Verona is outclassed by Udinese in great health, Spal recovered two goals against a Torino who fell at a distance. The Genoa in recovery breaks through the wall of Benevento by hooking Cagliari to 17 points. The San Paolo match was spectacular and spectacular: Ramirez silenced the stadium with a 30-meter free-kick. Napoli recovered early with the solid Allan, but Hysaj broke down Ramirez and Quagliarella transformed the penalty without exulting. But the attacking jugglers have bite and quality and in 6 ′ the Neapolitans overturn the result: two assists by Mertens favor the transformations of Insigne and Hamsik (who overcomes Maradona with 116 goals) amid protests from the guests, but for the Var everything is regular. But it's no longer time to waste energy so Napoli controls the match with Sampdoria trying in vain to recover. In Turin, Juve won 1-0 with Benatia and for Roma it was the eighth defeat in eight years at Juventus. Allegri excludes Dybala, blocks the flanks with Mandzukic and Cuadrado and blocks Roma in difficulty in creating play. Juventus restart are deadly but the game is released on the corner. Only in the second half did Roma react, first a cross from Florenzi and then after that of Pjanic on the other side Schick, who took over in the final, devours the ball equally. Just result but Di Francesco bites his hands. Spalletti's Inter lost a lot of fluency: after the good match in Turin the light went out: first the tiring qualification for the Cup with Pordenone, then the crash at home with Udinese. And with Sassuolo a lot of commitment and a bit of bad luck. The hosts took the lead with an imperious crossing on Politano's flank with a cross not intercepted by Handanovic and a header from Falcinelli, who then ruined on the post. A penalty could put Inter back in the game but Icardi lets himself be hypnotized by Consiglio, another is not granted to Sassuolo due to a foul by Cancelo on Berardi. Then lots of enthusiasm and other opportunities wasted by both teams. There is no end to the Milan crisis. The 0-2 at home with Atalanta is well explained by Gattuso: “We are not a team, we look like a gang”. Now for the coach who took over from Montella even the word 'resignation' appears, but Ringhio is ready to give up "only if I'm a burden". For almost an hour Lazio plays the sleeping beauty, then wakes up and overwhelms Crotone with a poker of goals, matured in the last quarter of an hour, which confirm the quality of its players and its ambition to fight for a Champions place. Immobile takes a goal from Icardi, Lukaku rages on the wing, returns to an excellent performance Felipe Anderson that puts the signature on the 4-0. Same result for Udinese that Oddo has transformed into a goal machine: after the triumph at San Siro, the Friulians overwhelm the clumsy Verona with great merit of the Czech Barak who scores a splendid double, reaching six goals overall. In the relegation zone gains a point the Spal, but how much effort. Torino scores a brace in 10 'with Iago Falque, but then makes the mistake of not closing the games. Viviani puts the team back on track with a masterful punishment, then in the second half Antenucci transforms a sacrosanct rigor. Once again the draw from Benevento fades once again. Genoa, disheveled and a bit unlucky, hit two woods with Pandev and Rigone, wrong a lot, but even the guests have some opportunities.
