In the Fuorigrotta arena, Napoli responded to Inter by beating an almost nullified Verona. The Azzurri opened the scoring with Montipò’s unfortunate own goal, the ball hitting the post and then the goalkeeper’s back, and a long-range torpedo from Anguissa which allowed them to pull ahead of Atalanta and enjoy the top spot, at least for another week. solitary.
THE RACE
The match against Verona can give Napoli a lot in terms of standings and morale. In the last few days the bolt from the blue was represented by Kvara’s request to sell to PSG, nothing else is being talked about. Luckily this evening, at the Maradona, the pitch will speak again, in a match where the Azzurri have the obligation to win, after the missteps of Lazio, Atalanta, Milan and Juventus who drew their respective matches, against capable opponents, the only discordant note for the Neapolitans was Inter’s narrow victory in Venice with Darmin’s goal.
With the absences of Buongiorno, Kvara and Olivera, Antonio Conte relies on the best 11:
Meret, Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Spinazzola, Lobotka, Anguissa, McTominy, Politano, Lukaku, Neres.
On the other side, Zanetti’s Verona will try to undermine the Azzurri:
Montipò, Magnani, Coppola, Dawidowicz, Faraoni, Duda, Belahyane, Lazovic, Suslov, Tengstedt, Sarr.
Azzurri who immediately started strong and opened the scoring after a collective action which freed up space for captain Di Lorenzo’s left-footed shot which hit the post and ended up in the net after finishing on Montipò’s back.
-Shortly after, the Neapolitans try again with a free kick, Lobotka serves Lukaku who shoots just wide. The Azzurri again with the Belgian who widens for Neres who with a cross finds McTominy who misses the target with a scissor kick.
Verona tries to respond with a great turn of the ball, which allows Faraoni to cross and find the head of Tengstedt who almost beats Meret.
In the second half he came close to scoring twice from former player Amir Rrahmani who headed the ball but shot high both times.
Another ball on the body of Lukaku who finds the edge for Anguissa, the Cameroonian doesn’t think twice and with a torpedo from outside the area he puts the ball in the goal and gives Napoli the second.
Ngonge also tries to add himself to the scoreboard, shooting wide from distance.
photo source: SSC Napoli
