Napoli beats Como and consolidates its lead

Napoli wins again by beating Como in the very first matchday 7 of Serie A and consolidates the top of the table. At Maradona it ends 3-1 thanks to Lukaku’s penalty and Neres’ late sealafter the back and forth in the first half between McTominay and Strefezza. Conte’s team thus goes into the break with 16 points, momentarily moving up to +4 over second-placed Juventus, while Fabregas’ men, fresh from two victories in a row, lose again, remaining at 8. Not even thirty seconds on the clock and the Neapolitans go ahead with the blaze of McTominay, who receives from Lukaku and after a control in the area beats Audero with his right foot for 1-0. Despite the shocking start, the Como team did not allow themselves to be intimidated and with good dribbling they tried to build their match: theThe most dangerous of the guests is Nico Paz who attempts a couple of incredible solutions from distance, the second of which sensationally hits the post to the right of Caprile.

The Azzurri are unable to accelerate the pace and are surprised by the resourcefulness of their opponents, who close to the interval put everything back in balance with Strefezza’s flash: a beautiful right-footed shot from outside diagonally that beats Caprile to make it 1-1 . At the beginning of the second half, however, a double naivety by Sergi Roberto kicks off the action that leads to the penalty for Napoli: the Spaniard loses a bloody ball and in an attempt to make up for it, he knocks down Olivera just inside the area. The referee awards the penalty and Lukaku transforms it into 2-1. Como this time doesn’t seem to be showing any great signs of reaction, so much so that no other dangers arrive from the Caprile area, while on the opposite front Kvaratskhelia tries a personal initiative, finding the save in two halves from Audero. In the final, the Azzurri closed the score at 3-1 with the newly introduced Neres, who found his first sharp score in the league on Lukaku’s second assist of the evening, then also came close to scoring a brace before the final whistle.