The Breaking Ground is in this year! The English and Italian duos have 50 points, Arsenal are resurrected and Napoli are strong

At the opening of the 2022-23 season of the Premier League and Serie A, no one may have thought that it would be Arsenal and Napoli who won the half-time championship. After the end of the half-course, these two "dark horses" also led with 50 points, and they are also expected to break the curse of not being able to win the championship in 19 and 33 years respectively!

50 points in 19 rounds

Arsenal and Napoli were both seen as top teams in their respective leagues at the start of the season, but they were not favourites. However, at the end of the first half, Arsenal led with 50 points, five more than the defending champions Manchester City, and the Blue Moon played one more game, followed by Newcastle and Manchester United with 39 points.

In Serie A, Napoli leads with 50 points, 12 more than second-placed Milan. Neither Milan nor Juve, who have been deducted 15 points, can pose a threat to Napoli. The results of the other five league leaders cannot be compared to these two teams, with Barca with 44 points, Bayern Munich with 35 points and Paris with 47 points.

Also played in 19 rounds, Arsenal and Napoli not only scored 50 points, achieved 16 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, but also scored and conceded the same number of goals.

Arsenal last won the Premier League in 2003-04, when Arsenal was still coached by Arsene Wenger, with Henry, Bergkamp, Pire, Vieira and Campbell; The last time Napoli won the title was in the 1989-90 season, when the team had top players such as Maradona, Carreca, Ferreira and Zola.

Arsenal "cannon"

Arsenal have been in trouble since Arsene Wenger's departure. In December 2019, Arteta took over from Arsenal to replace Emery. With the support of the club, Arteta undertook a drastic makeover of the team, which is finally seeing results three years later.

In his first season in charge of Arsenal, Arteta led the FA Cup but finished eighth in the Premier League. In 2020-21, Arsenal once again finished eighth in the Premier League and failed to secure a European ticket for the first time since 1995-96. Despite the disappointing results, Kroenke has been patient and has kept Mikel Arteta in charge while continuing to invest in signings.

Since Mikel Arteta's appointment, Arsenal have invested €417.5 million in signings, signing strong signings such as Odegaard, Thomas, White, Ramsdell, Zinchenko, Jesus and Trossard, while promoting young players such as Saka, Martinelli, Nketiah and Saliba. With the departure of players such as Aubameyang and Lacazette, Arteta has built a team capable of dominating the Premier League.

After the win over Manchester United, Arteta said: "We haven't won anything yet. We're still in the middle of the season and other teams with more luxurious squads have already won the title, so we have to keep going. ”

With 50 points after 19 rounds, Arsenal achieved the fifth-best result in Premier League history, behind Manchester City in 2017-18 (55), Liverpool in 2019-20 (55), Chelsea in 2005-06 (52) and Liverpool in 2018-19 (51).

Arteta emphasized: "We need to get more than 90 points to win the title and we have to be close to perfection. It is very difficult to win the Premier League and the gap between each other is small. "I tell my teammates not to fight for the top three, but to think about the championship." Some people laughed then, but no one laughs now. ”

In the next 19 matches, Arsenal will face Manchester City twice, and City have won four of their previous five league games. However, Arsenal have only conceded points in three games so far, drawing with Southampton and Newcastle and losing to Manchester United.

The strongest half-time champion in Serie A history

Half-time champions Napoli have broken numerous records, with 50 points to become the team with the most points in the first half of Serie A history, equalling the previous record set by Juve and Inter, and also the team with 46 goals to score the most goals in the first half of Serie A. In the first half, Napoli only lost to Inter, while at the same time last season, Napoli only scored 39 points and finished third.

Spalletti has built a near-perfect team, with players who are physically strong, extremely aggressive and defensively excellent. Up front, Osmayne scored 13 goals in 15 games, Kvarazhelia scored seven goals and provided nine assists, and substitutes such as Simeone, Raspadori, Ndombele and Lozano were also good.

After the victory over Salernitana, Spalletti said, "We know we have been given an irreproducible opportunity, we cannot waste such a golden opportunity, to remain humble and professional. ”

Part of Napoli's success is due to successful signings, and after the departure of Koulibaly, Fabien-Ruiz, Insigne and Mertens, De Laurentiis uncharacteristically invested heavily in signings, signing Kvaracheria and Kim Minya one after the other, and previously signed Osmayne, Lobotka, Merret, and Lozano also played an important role.

Another factor was that none of Napoli's opponents were at their best, with Milan having their own problems and Juve being deducted 15 points. With 19 games to play, both Arsenal and Napoli are expected to accomplish historic feats this season.