Juventus travel to Napoli on Sunday looking to close the book on a Serie A title race that has hardly looked in doubt since the opening day of the season.
Under the previous coach Maurizio Sarri, Napoli had become Juve's biggest rivals and last season even managed to take the title race down to the final weeks.
But managed by Carlo Ancelotti this campaign they have failed to provide a challenge for the champions, who are odds-on to clinch their eighth straight "Scudetto" regardless of what happens at the San Paolo stadium on Sunday night.
"The race has finished too quickly," said Jose Mourinho, who won the treble with Inter Milan in 2010, in an interview with the Gazzetta Dello Sport.
Juve are 13 points clear and that gap has taken some of the sting out of what is one of Italy's iconic fixtures, as well as leaving little room for drama at the top.
"Juventus aren't facing much of a challenge, and while that's obviously good for them, it's a negative for Italian football," Mourinho added.
That lack of threat means that coach Massimiliano Allegri can rest Cristiano Ronaldo for the trip after he picked up an ankle knock during the 1-0 win at Bologna at the weekend.
On Wednesday, Juve revealed that the Portuguese would have scans on his left ankle and it would be no surprise if the 34-year-old were left out, as with the title all but wrapped up his team's season rests on the second leg of their of Champions League last 16 clash with Atletico Madrid on March 12.
Ronaldo was signed partly in the hope he would fire Juve to continental glory for the first time in over two decades so it would be no surprise to see him left to recover fully with a view to overturning the 2-0 defeat they suffered at the Wanda Metropolitano.
His absence will be a boon to Napoli, who are unbeaten at home this season in all competitions and haven't conceded a goal in five matches.
Damceipru
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rest Ronaldo in the view of the UCL tie against atletico and rest him in the match against udinse because Champions League is important and not the league
poniard
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Serie A is so dead this season There was never a title race, Juventus has become worse still not a single Italian team can beat them, most of the stars from last season stinks now and the teams who upgraded in the summer are pretty much the same team from last season
arifk17
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juventus will make it 15 points difference in san paolo with carlo side on saturday night regardless cristiano absence.bcoz we have no threat in scuddoto,the threat is in championsleague with atm #bianconeri
danny7_ida
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Juventus and napoli are two great sides. But juve have taken it a step further in buying the best there is. Ronaldo's strikes are so electrifying as a Jimmy hendrix's guitar thrown into a hot tub. The way he moves in the box, he vapourizes the defenders. There is nobody cooler in front of goal. He is Mr. Perfect and he sinks his leg into a ball and scores a stunner like Dracula would sink his teeth into a victim and gets his goal (blood). Fine wine this man is