Napoli offers itself AS Roma and consolidates its leader’s chair

This Sunday, the 20th day of Serie A continued and offered a magnificent duel at the top between the wide Neapolitan leader and AS Roma (6th). A meeting which deserved its title of shock since the two teams delivered an interesting score. With his confidence and the support of the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium public, the Partenopei drew first and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia came close to scoring without a save from Rui Patricio (5th). The Roman response was immediate and a long ball into the area from Lorenzo Pellegrini came close to surprising Kim Min-jae, very close to the own goal (12th). Eventually Napoli found the solution with excellent work from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia on the left. His center at the far post found Victor Osimhen who made a fantastic sequence and shot Rui Patricio with a missile under the bar (1-0, 17th). An ideal start for Naples which put the danger and pushed to double the bet. A number from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (39th) and a shot from Leonardo Spinazzola repelled by Alex Meret later (45th +3) and Naples led 1-0 at the break.

In the second half, Naples came back with good intentions. On the right, Hirving Lozano split with a nice number, but his cross towards the penalty spot was badly received by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (53rd). A few minutes later, a mess offered a great opportunity to Roger Ibanez who crossed too much on the right (63rd) then Hirving Lozano came close to doubling the bet (64th). When we thought that the Partenopei had done the hardest part, Roma came back to score on a cross from Nicola Zalewski victoriously taken over by Stefan El Shaarawy (1-1, 75th). Napoli pushed to get back into the match via their luxury jokers Eljif Elmas and Giacomo Raspadori but it was finally through Giovanni Simeone and his missile in the right corner that the light came (2-1, 86th). Enough to capsize the Parthenopean city. Thanks to this 2-1 victory, Napoli consolidates its leadership position with 13 points ahead of Inter Milan, the new runner-up. AS Roma are sixth.

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