Towards a new full house. Naples could be the great event with history with a capital S, for Bologna, on their way to the Champions League. And then, needless to say, the forecast for Maradona started quickly, at a high pace. The capacity of the guest sector of the Neapolitan stadium includes a capacity of 2482 seats. Napoli opened the presale for the guest sector yesterday around midday and with the Neapolitan team and managers busy on the field yesterday in Udine, no exact figure for the tickets sold was provided. It will probably arrive between today and tomorrow. What is known is that the Napoli ticketing site reported average ticket availability already yesterday evening, after just 6 hours. A sign that around a thousand tickets should have been burned in a few hours.
While waiting for confirmation, the feeling is that the people of Bologna are organizing themselves for yet another exodus: whether it is for yet another full house will be better understood in the next few hours, but there certainly wouldn’t be anything to be surprised about. It is a fact that the anticipation is rising: on the other hand, with the draw between Roma and Juventus last weekend, the gap on the Giallorossi has remained unchanged. Ergo, yet another external coup of the season could also be worth the arithmetic Champions League, if Atalanta-Roma were to end in a draw or with a victory for Gasperini’s band, Thiago’s master. With their own strength, with an iron defense (the third best in Serie A with 27 goals conceded) which in recent weeks has allowed them to continue their journey, albeit in small steps. One last coup is needed. And the people of Bologna will not leave Freuler and his companions alone on what could be the decisive day for history.
From the away games at the Olimpico to those at San Siro, from the one in Turin at Juventus to the last one against the Granata: the sell-outs in the away section followed one another, like the blunders of a Bologna team that grew from week to week and that despite a period in which it slowed down, suffering from tiredness and psychological stress – like the other big names now that the end of the season is approaching and points weigh double – it gave itself the last great joy away, passing Roma 3-1 in a direct clash that could prove decisive once again in Naples, if successful. All taking into account that Roma and Atalanta, between the semi-finals of the Europa League and the final of the Italian Cup (for the Nerazzurri), will have to squeeze out further physical and nervous resources compared to Motta’s team. Which focuses on the positive away tradition, on the Zirkzee travel bomber and on the push of their people to put the exclamation point on the season.
