Antonio Conte, champion of Serie A at the helm of Juventus and Inter, he already has Naples in the lead thanks to a victory over Monza (2-0) that came after the defeat of Torino, until today first classified, against Lazio (2-3).
Naples now has a point advantage over Juventus, Inter and Torino itself, whose football is far from brilliant but has recovered the regularity and solidity that it lost last season, when it failed miserably in its attempt to retain the scudetto. achieved in 2023.
Nesta’s Monza still doesn’t win
Monza, led by the former world champion Alessandro Nestaremains second to last without having won a single game in six rounds, but today started well at the Diego Maradona stadium.
It was a mirage because Napoli quickly took control and opened the scoring on their first occasion in a good play by Matteo Politano in the 22nd minute.
Politano, 12 days later
The winger was fortunate because, when entering from the right, he looked for a wall with Romelu Lukalu. Was Alessandro Bianco, in his attempt to avoid it, who returned the ball to him before he Politano, Despite having little angle, he finished well low before the goal exit Stefano Turati. It is his first league goal since April, after eleven days, five of this season, without doing so.
Napoli continued to impose their intensity and pressure, with notable appearances from Lukaku and Kkvicha Kvartaskhelia and it was the Georgian who practically sealed the match after half an hour.
Bad ball exit and Kvaradona sentence
The goal came after a poor delivery at the ball’s exit from Turati, Zambo Anguissa stole, happened to Stanislav Lobotka and this one Scott McTominay, whose shot attempt was blocked Andrea Carboni with the bad luck that the ball fell to Kvaratskhelia, who, alone, made it 2-0 (34′). It is his third league goal.
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 tested for the first time Elia Caprile, replacement for the injured Alex Meret under sticks, with a shot Milan Djuric (59′) and immediately after Daniel Maldini, son of the legendary Paolo, He took a free kick that narrowly missed the goal.
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That’s where Monza’s attempted rebellion ended because Napoli knew how to manage their advantage. Conte introduced changes and two of those recently entered at the end, Giacomo Raspadori and David Neres, They had the last two chances to extend the victory.
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22
17
68
13
4
99
8
11
21
77
30
13
77
44
22
4
38
42
11
32
14
Diego Armando Maradona
25Elia Caprile
Stefano Turati30
22Giovanni Di Lorenzo
Georgios Kyriakopoulos77
Andrea Carboni44
13Amir Rrahmani
Pablo Mari22
4Alessandro Buongiorno
99Frank Anguissa
Warren Bondo38
8Scott McTominay
Milan Djuric11
21′
86′
Matteo Pessina32
25′
32′
74′
Daniel Maldini14
23′
Substitutes
12Claudio Turi
Samuel Pizzignacco21
14Nikita Contini
Andrea Mazza69
5Juan Jesus
Luca Caldirola5
16Rafa Marin
Samuele Birindelli19
90′
Nicolò Postiglione52
Mattia Valoti27
90Michael Folorunsho
Alessandro Berretta54
18Giovanni Simeone
Omari Forson20
23Alessio Zerbin
Mirko Maric24
26Cyril Ngonge
Coach
Antonio Conte
Alessandro Nesta