Napoli exceeds 2-1 Milan in the postponement of Sunday and remains widely in the running for the Scudetto. I am Politician e Lukaku to put the signature on a victory matured in the first half, with Jovic to sign the only Rossoneri network in the final stages of the second half after Meret he had stopped the conclusion of Gimenez from the spot.
First half
The Neapolitans are enough more than a minute to find the 1-0. From the right, By Lorenzo serves in depth Politician which exploits a defensive incomprehension between Hernandez e Pavlovic To put on between the two and beat Maignan with the accident. In the quarter of an hour, a deviation on the fly of heel of Eel on a closs pitch of Politician It comes out not much to the left of the goalkeeper. The doubling arrives in the 19 ‘. Guests lose their ball out, Gilmour to recover is serve in area Lukakuwhich is lost by the opponent’s and piercing plants Maignan with the left-handed for the 2-0. Three minutes later, Eel He tries with a right from outside but the French extreme defender raises in the corner. The Rossoneri reaction is quite shy and the hosts do not struggle to manage the double advantage until the interval. Conception puts inside immediately Lioninitially left on the bench.
Second half
The first flicker of the 7 times European champions arrives in the 14th minute, when the Portuguese breaks through the left and serves in the center Pulisic that widens in turn for the other newly entered Gimenezwhich however shoots high with the accident from the edge of the area. At 24 ‘, Maignan and companions get a great opportunity when Hernandez is landed in the area by Billingthus gaining a penalty kick. From the spot it presents itself Gimenezwho kicks badly and gets hypnotized by Meret. Pavlovic He is one of the last to give up and at 34 ‘goes to the shot from distance, but Meret Raise over the crossbar. The Rossoneri push and at 39 ‘the distances shorten. Hernandez asks and gets the triangle from Lionenters the area and serves the newly entered at the center Jovicwhich puts the tip of the right foot and puts the sphere behind Meret. The Serbian striker is on the ball and, in full recovery, goes to the conclusion from the edge with the right but the ball comes out of about one meter to the left of the pole. It will be the last opportunity of the match, with the result that will no longer change.
Classification
Thanks to this victory, the Napoli It rises to 64, returning to three points of delay from the leaders Inter. For the Milanstopped in ninth at 47, the road to Europe becomes increasingly uphill.