Napoli, leader after defeating Rangers

Napoli recorded a vital 3-0 victory over Rangers in their visit to Glasgow to end a fierce rivalry in which veteran goalkeeper Allan McGregor almost became the hero as his side went down to ten. The Neapolitan team is the leader of group A of the Champions League with outright wins, two out of two.

The emphatic victory, sealed by goals from Matteo Politano, Giacomo Raspadori and Tanguy Ndombelé, underlined the dominance of Luciano Spalletti’s team, their group leader ahead of Liverpool, who they defeated a week ago. Six points in two games accumulate Naples.

The confrontation began at a furious pace and a clear chance at each place in less than three minutes. So, Morelos headed wide into the small area which was a good center that Tavernier served up on the right. And Zielinski responded with a shot from the edge of the box that hit the post.

The rhythm of the rivalry did not drop in the evolution of the first half, it became constant back and forth. But yes the danger created by the teams in the last meters. Despite this, there is room for some more notable opportunities.

By L Rangers, runner-up in the Europa League. Arfield went closest to the goal, but Meret denied it with a good save from a changed hand. And in the Italian box Simeone failed to identify a header and Mari Rui sent a long shot high.

The second half started the same way as the first, with Kvaratskhelia testing McGregor with a powerful shot and Goldson creating uncertainty with a header that went just in front of the goal.

Then came an action called to change the fate of the confrontation. Sands, in his attempt to prevent a boarding by Simeone, committed a penalty and thus saw a second yellow card two minutes after the first.

Zielinski took the pitch and McGregor deflected it, who scored on the Politano rebound. However, Mateu Lahoz repeated it because of the invasion of the area. The same protagonists and the same outcome, the goalkeeper avoids the goal.

A new horizon opens for the host, motivated by the existence of another life, and for the guest, in numerical excellence. And another penalty came to contribute to the outcome, this one by the hand of Barisic. Politano killed him and although McGregor read his intentions, he was left wanting to stop another one.

The Neapolitan team is more calm, the goal has been not to offend and take advantage of any opportunity if it arises. He did it in the last episode. Raspadori, after a great wall with Olivera on the balcony of the place; and Ndombélé, by collecting the pass from Nguissa’s death after stealing it, finished the job.