THE FUSE

But can Napoli really believe they can win the Scudetto – their second in a row under Conte, and their third in the last four years? Given that the Azzurri currently have 62 points and Conte’s side have eight games remaining in the season, the maths is simple: a potential haul of 24 points from eight consecutive wins, with the chance to reach 86 points –a tally that in recent years has always been enough to win the Scudetto, except in the 2017/2018 season, when Maurizio Sarri’s Napoli finished second with a record 91 points, four points behind Massimiliano Allegri’s Juventus, the Italian champions. Inter, on 68 points – six points behind – would need to pick up 19 points to reach 87: six wins and one draw from their last nine matches.