Napoli hit the table in Giusseppe Meazza by beating Milan (0-2) with goals from Romelu Lukaku and Kvaratskhelia. With this victory, Antonio Conte’s team reaffirms its leadership, gaining a 7-point advantage over Inter Milan – who still have to play today’s match – and leaving Milan – with a game in hand – in the eleven points.
Rafa Leao, substitute
The game has not yet started and as soon as the lineup of the Rossoneros is known, it is clear that the Fonseca-Leao relationship will experience a new chapter. After being substituted at 1-1 last weekend, the Portuguese was a substitute against Naples and did not come on until the 60th minute with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
Lukaku and Kvaratskhelia punches
The beginning and end of each half are psychological moments in which the goals in favor seem to be of double value and the goals against the weight is great. In the 5th minute Lukaku appeared with the ball in space, in the body with Pavlovic he sent the Serbian center-back, who is not exactly small, to the ground as if he were a bowling pin and made space to shoot . Great goal. Lukaku’s goal of a lifetime.
From that moment on, a pretty clear script. Milan tried in every possible way, especially with Chukwueze on the right, but the defense and Meret avoided all danger with an iron defense. They only conceded 5 goals and 3 were on the first day. That added to the locals’ lack of purpose, gave the cocktail a Neapolitan flavor. After fighting throughout the first half with a strong defense, before the break, a timeless possession by Naples ended at the feet of Kvaratskhelia on the left, who decided to face Emerson, go inside and from the front bring it down using a screw on the long post. He passed Maignan, who could be held responsible.
Second half of pure Antonio Conte
After the interval Milan seemed to have achieved what they dreamed of. A psychological goal that put him in the game. A hammer blow by Álvaro Morata in the middle of Chukwueze was held by the goalkeeper but he could not leave the goal. The Spanish forward celebrated in style, but after a VAR review it was deemed offside and he didn’t get on the scoreboard.
In the 62nd minute, Leao and Pulisic came on, providing electricity and speed, but the effect was a gaseous effect that dissolved. With each passing minute, Naples became more comfortable and Milan more desperate. It is a constant among the teams that will face Antonio Conte, that when they lead the scoreboard it will be very difficult to reverse the result.
Francesco Camarda, Milan’s golden boy, came on in the final stages, but he was barely able to intervene and change the result. Napoli are in the fight until the end because this is a Napoli with Conte DNA.
match lineup
16
22
42
29
28
31
8
80
7
21
17
1
22
17
6
13
4
99
8
11
21
77
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Alex Meret1
61′
Giovanni DiLorenzo22
Mathias Olivera17
72′
93′
Billy Gilmour6
94′
Amir Rrahmani13
Alessandro Buongiorno4
86′
Frank Anguissa99
Scott McTominay8
46′
Romelu Lukaku11
4′
76′
Matteo Politano21
68′
61′
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia77
42′
76′
Replacements
Claudio Turi12
Elia Caprile25
John Jesus5
Rafa Marin16
Pasquale Mazzocchi30
68′
Leonardo Spinazzola37
61′
Michael Folorunsho90
94′
David Neres7
76′
61′
Giovanni Simeone18
76′
Alessio Zerbin23
93′
86′
Cyril Ngonge26
Giacomo Raspadori81
coach
Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca
Antonio Conte
Source: La Verdad
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