SourceNapoli 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.
I don't think Napoli will increase their performance to top inter in this period, and if you look at the season very well you will know that they have few months before the end of this season. Napoli still have strong teams to meet in their remaining games, which there is a doubt if Napoli will be able to win all their remaining games because they have the capacity to win some and lose some.
Atalanta and Juventus look like threat to Napoli in this stage, because the gap is not big for other teams to cross in their next game, but Napoli will take their next games serious to ensure they dominate to maintain the points that will make people to celebrate them at the end of the tournament.