Summary: Another week of tense and dramatic matches in Italy have been met with even more madness on the peninsula, including the arrival of Napoli legend Diego Maradona who will more than likely stir the flames as we head into one of the most important rounds of fixtures this season. The top of the table appears settled with Juventus in control, but everything else is a complete mystery as Napoli will host Juve on Saturday which may ultimately come to define their season and whether Walter Mazzarri and his team can hold on to that second automatic qualifying slot for Champions League football next season. Also in focus are Lazio, AC Milan and Internazionale, each with their own challenges to be faced in the coming weeks and key matches also this weekend. We examine all of the trends and what looks to be a magical season for Lazio at present, an upstart Milan who have narrowed the gap not just with the arrival of SuperMario but with the important emergence of Riccardo Montolivo at a key time. Questions will continue to surround the gamble Inter made in the winter transfer window when the club reached for Tommaso Rocchi instead of a more reliable center forward to help the team handle the loss of Diego Milito for the remainder of this season. We also review the situation at AS Roma where new investors appear to be on the horizon and interim manager Andrea Andreazzoli has added a much needed bit of pragmatism and solidity to a side in desperate need of answers upon the departure of Zdenek Zeman. Even more pressing are the problems at Palermo where its owner Mauricio Zamparini continues to rotate managers with little to no result, reaching the 50 manager milestone since dipping into the business of calcio. In closing we take a look at the surprise of the season, Sassuolo in Serie B, who appear to be closing in on a milestone by reaching Serie A for the first in club history while AS Bari looks to be left near dead on the heels of a disappointing season in tandem with a points deduction that has essential disabled the club completely. Owen Neilson who covers both Serie A and Serie B for ESPN, Al Jazeera and Now TV and he joins BTP to give his take of the two top divisions of Italian football, and as always it is always bread and circus surrounding the game in Italy.
