Sconcerti to CM: 'Ronaldo, gymnastics is not enough! Capello exaggerates, but now CR7 is 'hiding'. Cagliari from Champions' | First page

The case Cristiano Ronaldo. The relationship with Sarri. There Juventus and theInter couple in command. And the others? The Cagliari surprises, the Lazio it is confirmed, while Naples is Milan they are hostage to their crises. Of this and much more – stimulated by the readers' questions 100th Minute – we discussed it with Mario Sconcerti.Sconcerti, what happens to Cristiano Ronaldo?
"Last year he started well, but in the end, without penalty, he came to Milik's goals. This year there are only three goals on action, they are the same as Castrovilli's. This is the premise. The current moment I try to explain it this way: there is certainly something physical, but we must consider that we are talking about a sample that in February is 35 years old. If it were enough to do gymnastics to keep ourselves in great shape we would do so many. It is not true what Capello says that Cristiano has not dribbled for three years, it is obviously an exaggeration; but it is true that it is not brilliant. But some decline in conditions has also happened to Real Madrid ».

What should Sarri and Juventus do now?
«We need to manage it, because Ronaldo is a huge capital. Go ahead – if Sarri continues to replace him – there is the risk of losing an avalanche of sponsors, he earns only if he is God, if he is something just inferior he loses much of his value. Cristiano doesn't have the problem of Totti, of nostalgia, of love, he was a great professional and he played everywhere. He has no sentimental debts with anyone. He is his own bank and it doesn't suit him to stay out of the way ".

But can Sarri do without it?
"It's not a question of doing without it, I repeat; but to manage it. Only that nobody has ever managed it, this is the real anomaly. It is clear that Cristiano will play another 30-40 games, but it must be understood if one of the two best players in the world in the last twenty years has come or not more or less to the goal of his career. What I see in the field is this: Cristiano no longer has the idea of ​​going ahead of the opponent, he is hiding a little. Having said this: if he understands his moment he exceeds it, if he blames Sarri or others it is another story ».

Let's move on to Inter. Conte complains, but what is this Inter really missing to keep up with Juventus?
"The pace of Juve keeps it up, but he lacks an overall quality that does not exist. The mistake is to say: is Inter or Juventus better? That doesn't count, it only matters if you're better than everyone else. And Inter can beat them all and then play the championship with Juventus, even if they have lost the direct match ».

In third place next to Lazio is the surprise Cagliari. What is the figure of this team?
"Now Cagliari doesn't take it anymore. They have incredible enthusiasm. Mamma mia: with Fiorentina they played a monstrous game. The midfield of Cagliari, Nainggolan, Rog, Cigarini and Nandez; it is from third-fourth place ».

Milan end sentence ever. Play pretty well, but don't score points. Is Ibrahimovic a solution?
«A uniform and monothematic team like Milan, with just good players, needs a shock and that can be given by Ibrahimovic. It needs to be shaken, it doesn't need to be a logical thing, Ibra steals the show and then everyone comes back to treat you all as a great team. It is not a question of going to the Champions League, but of interrupting this tedium as a small team without balls, without personality. It is wrong to say: but Milan in Turin played well. Bologna and Genoa played well, as did Verona; they all play well against Juve, because you know that everything they watch is a special match. But loving yourself in the Maldives does not mean building a life then, when you come back to your home ».

In Naples everything seems already compromised: does Ancelotti really risk the place?
«Yes, he risks it, now there is a break, the calendar says Milan at San Siro and then Bologna at home. What I feel is that the square no longer holds it, there is no more trust in Ancelotti ».