The return of Walter Mazzarri Ten years later, what is now called the Stadio Diego Maradona (formerly San Paolo) in his second spell in charge of Naples was one to forget. Inter dealt a heavy blow to the champion (0-3) in a very complete performance and leads again in Serie A with two points at Juventus who on Friday temporarily took the lead.
Napoli have four defeats, all of them at home, in Serie A and to make matters worse, they gave up fourth place on goal difference to Roma, who previously beat Sassuolo (1-2).
The match had consistent alternatives in the game although Napoli started to have the best chances, such as Eljif Elmas’s two which were solved by an ever-confident Yann Sommer and, above all, a right- footed shot from outside the penalty area. Matteo Politano spectacularly put back the crossbar (38′).
But Inter did not break at any time despite the fact that the central defender Stefan de Vrij had to retire injured (18′) and Simone Inzaghi is forced to recompose his defense in three, with Matteo Darmian playing in the middle with Francesco Acerbi, with Denzel Dumfries on the right and the recently introduced Carlos Augusto on the left.
Great goal from Çalhanoglu
Attacking against Marcus Thuram, a goal was disallowed for clear offside and only Lautaro Martínez had a chance that was saved by Alex Meret, but Inter showed their greatest impact on the brink of half-time when downed by Dumfries a ball, Nicolò Barella left it and Hakan Çalhanoglu scored with a superb shot with the right foot from outside the area (43′).
A decisive Sommer the few times he intervened, a defense in control Victor Osimhen, starter for the first time after his injury muscular, and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, a midfield that imposed rhythm and punch was the key to Inter’s success.
Sommer denied Kvaratskhelia on goal in one of the rare occasions where he left his pair moments before Barella awarded the match after a loss for Napoli.
Lautaro attends to an excellent Barella
This time Lautaro Martínez was dressed as a helper, feeding the ball from the right wing into the center of the area and there Barella burst in from behind to control with quality, past two defenders with a change of pace and beat Meret at will (61 ‘).
Napoli didn’t give up and tried to get into the game, even theirs best resources are the centers in the area for Osimhen, He caught one and his header was very close to the post.
His prayer and impetus were not enough for the game of Naples and Thuram put the finishing touches on by pushing unopposed a low ball from Juan Cuadrado. 0-3 shows that the leader is now more a team than a champion.
match lineup
1
22
3
68
13
55
7
99
9
twenty-one
77
1
2
32
fifteen
6
36
23
22
10
9
twenty
Diego Armando Maradona
Yann Sommer1
Denzel Dumfries2
76′
86′
Federico Dimarco32
74′
Francesco Acerbififteen
72′
Stefan de Vrij6
17′
Matteo Darmian36
77′
85′
57′
74′
Nicolò Barella23
61′
Henrikh Mkhitaryan22
57′
76′
Lautaro Martinez10
67′
Marcus Thuram9
84′
84′
85′
Hakan Calhanoglutwenty
43′
Replacements
Raffaele Di Gennaro12
Emil Audero77
Charles Augustus30
17′
Yann Bisseck31
85′
74′
Giacomo Stabile44
Stefano Sensi5
74′
Juan Cuadrado7
76′
Davy Klaassen14
Davide Frattesi16
76′
86′
Kristjan Asllanitwenty-one
67′
Lucien Agoume42
Marko Arnautovic8
85′
Alexis Sanchez70
coach
Walter Mazzarri
Simone Inzaghi
Source: La Verdad
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