🇮🇹 Five reasons you must watch Serie A this weekend | OneFootball

🇮🇹 Five reasons you must watch Serie A this weekend | OneFootball

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Padraig Whelan·14 February 2025

🇮🇹 Five reasons you must watch Serie A this weekend

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Every Serie A match is available to watch LIVE with Home of Serie A on OneFootball to users in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Find out more here.

Juventus' clash with title-chasing Inter takes centre stage but there is plenty more to keep fans captivated this weekend.


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Here are five reasons to tune into the action.


Derby d'Italia

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The marquee match this weekend comes on Sunday night as Juventus welcome Inter to Turin and aim to put a dent in the Nerazzuri's Scudetto aspirations.

With the Bianconeri themselves 11 points behind their rivals in second place (with Napoli just two points ahead of them), their best hope now is to play spoiler and deal a potentially lethal blow to Simone Inzaghi's men.

Both sides can call upon recent history for optimism, with Inter undefeated in their last three Serie A meetings and looking to go on a run of four in succession for just the second time since 1980, but Juve are also unbeaten in 10 of their last 11 home games with Inter, giving them cause for confidence.

It is a fixture that often delivers drama. You need only look at the incredible 4-4 draw at San Siro earlier this season as evidence of why this is a must-see match-up.


Can João Félix deliver?

Chelsea loanee João Félix had a strong start to his Milan career, netting a confident finish off the bench on his debut to help them knock Roma out of the Coppa Italia.

He has been entrusted with successive starts since then by compatriot Sergio Conceicão and the signs have been encouraging.

The Portuguese star provides a spark and creative force that has been otherwise lacking in the Rossoneri attack, with international colleague Rafael Leão out of form, but the one glaring issue against both Empoli and Feyenoord has been Félix's end product.

He won't get a better chance to put that part of his game together than against a Verona side who by some distance have conceded more goals than any other side in Serie A this season.


Napoli set for Conte shake-up

Napoli were dealt a big blow last week with the injury to David Neres which is set to sideline him for at least a month.

On the back of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's sale to PSG, it leaves Antonio Conte with some problems to solve in the wide positions, with reliable reports suggesting that he will be forced into a formation change.

Due to the issues on the wing, the former Inter boss is set to move from a 4-3-3 to a 3-5-2 system, starting this weekend against Lazio.

It would allow his preferred midfield trio of Scott McTominay, Stanislav Lobotka and André-Frank Zambo Anguissa to remain in the line-up, with Giacomo Raspadori and Romelu Lukaku set to form a formidable strike partnership - but how will it fare in reality?


Furious Roma to channel anger

Widely regarded as one of the nicest men in football, it isn't often you see interim Roma coach Claudio Ranieri as furious as he was on Thursday night in the wake of his side's 1-1 draw at Porto in the Europa League.

So incensed was he with the performance of the referee, that he stormed onto the field afterwards to prevent his players from shaking hands with the official - as he felt any of the usual displays of appreciation were not deserved.

"Before Porto scored, we asked for a substitution which the linesman knew about but the game wasn't stopped," he fumed. "The whole game, what kind of decision was he making? I sent the boys away from him [at full-time] because he didn't deserve any respect from us. Are you kidding me?"

Can they channel their anger in a positive way this weekend by taking their frustrations out on Parma?


Red hot Retegui

Atalanta striker Mateo Retegui comes into their clash with Cagliari in red hot form, having netted four last time out in Serie A.

That has taken his tally for the campaign to 20, making everyone forget about Gianluca Scamacca's injury as a result of a debut year to remember in Bergamo.

Only four players in the club's history (Filippo Inzaghi, Duván Zapata and Hans Jepsson) have scored more in one season than the Italy international's current tally.

Five more would see him break that record and with time on his side this season, another record is surely on the cards for the 25-year-old.


📸 MARCO BERTORELLO