Napoli lost yet another chance to close up the gap from Inter Milan in the title race in the weekend. Recording a goaless draw on Sunday against Venezia threw away the opportunity to go 63 points which has given Inter Milan 3 points advantage in the race while Bologna’s victory over Lazio moves them to 4th place ahead of Juventus in the race for champions league qualification.
Napoli's performance has declined in its last few matches, making them increasingly behind Inter Milan in the fight for the Serie A title this season and if seen as a whole I think Napoli still can't be better than Inter Milan in terms of strength and consistency so it's not surprising if in the end Napoli loses in the competition.
For the competition, several teams are quite fierce to be able to finish in the top 4, even 4 to 5 teams still have the opportunity to finish in the top 4, especially several teams that cannot maintain their consistency, making the competition much fiercer.
It’s unfortunate to see them drop points at this crucial moment that they could have mounted more pressure on Inter Milan and try to intensify the pressure. Normally they were supposed to take advantage of this fixture to try and close the gap because Inter Milan had a tougher game as they faced 3rd place Atlanta while Napoli face Relegation Zone Venezia and they still ended up not making the best use of the opportunity. Inter was able to win Atlanta so I expected Napoli to win their own match to maintain the gap.
It’s really bad for them but there is still chance to redeem themselves and try to compete for the title, they still have couple of games to play before the end of the season.