Antonio Conte champion of Serie A at the helm of Juventus and Inter, he now has Naples in the lead thanks to the victory against Monza (2-0) which came after Torino’s defeat, until now first classified, against Lazio (2-3) .
Naples now has a one-point advantage over Juventus and two over Inter, Milan and Torino itself, whose football is far from brilliant but has regained the regularity and stability that was lost last season, when it failed miserably in the attempt it will revalidate the ‘scudetto’ achieved in 2023. In fact, he has not been the leader since then.
Nesta’s Monza is still not winning
Monza, led by the former world champion Alessandro Nestaremains second last without winning a game in six rounds, but today started well at the Diego Maradona stadium.
It was a mirage as Napoli quickly took control and opened the scoring for the first time with a good play by Matteo Politano in the 22nd minute.
Politano, 12 days later
The winger was lucky because, coming in from the right, he found a wall with Romelu Lukalu. is Alessandro Bianco, in his attempt to avoid it, returning the ball to him before him Politano, Despite the small angle, he finished low before the exit of the goal Stefano Turati. It was his first league goal since April, after eleven days, five this season, without doing so.
Napoli continued to impose their intensity and pressure, with notable appearances from Lukaku and Kkvicha Kvartashelia and the Georgian almost sealed the match after half an hour.
Bad ball exit and Kvaradona sentence
The goal came after a poor delivery to the ball exit from Turati, Zambo Anguissa stole, happened to Stanislav Lobotka and this one Scott McTominay, whose shot attempt was blocked Andrea Carboni unfortunately the ball fell Kvaratskhelia, who, alone, made it 2-0 (34′). It was his third goal in the league.
In the second half the decoration did not change. McTominay He made it 3-0 from a corner but his header just missed the post.
Monza tried for the first time Elia Caprile, in place of the injured Alex Meret under the sticks, with a shot Milan Djuric (59′) and immediately after Daniel Maldini, son of the legendary Paolo, He took a free kick that almost missed the goal.
Monza’s attempted rebellion ended there as Napoli knew how to manage their advantage. Conte introduced the changes and two of the newcomers at the end, Giacomo Raspadori and David Neres, They had two final chances to extend the victory.
match lineup
25
22
17
68
13
4
99
8
11
21
77
30
13
77
44
22
4
38
42
11
32
14
Diego Armando Maradona
Stefano Turati30
Pedro Pereira13
86′
90′
Georgios Kyriakopoulos77
90′
Andrea Carboni44
Pablo Mari22
Armando Izzo4
35′
81′
Warren Bond38
Alessandro Bianco42
82′
86′
Milan Djuric11
21′
86′
Matteo Pessina32
25′
32′
74′
Daniel Maldini14
23′
Replacements
Samuel Pizzignacco21
Andrea Mazza69
Luca Caldirola5
Samuele Birindelli19
74′
Danilo D’Ambrosio33
81′
90′
Nicolò Postiglione52
90′
Mattia Valotti27
Alessandro Beretta54
86′
Gianluca Caprari10
82′
Omari Forson20
Mirko Maric24
Kevin Martins55
86′
86′
coach
Antonio Conte
Alessandro Nesta
Source: La Verdad
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