Napoli beat AC Milan 2-1 at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona to secure three points from the top of the Serie A.
The goals of the first half by Matthew Polytano and Romelu Lukaku have proved that it is enough for Antonio Conte, despite the late strike of Luka Jovic gave Hope Rossoni.
Conte couldn’t ask for a better start, and his team found the net only two minutes. Giovanni de Lorenzo moved forward from his righteous defence and delivered a bus to Politano, which completely set the time of running before Mike Magnan.
Milan, who was in struggle to respond, found themselves more behind them in the 19th minute. Billy Gillmur showed Lukaku’s vision with a great defensive bus, which showed great calmness to raise the ball over Maigin and two dual goals from Napoli.
The guests made changes in the first half, and Rafael Leao came forward in an attempt to attack. This step comes at a time when Milan began to create an opportunity.
Their best opportunity came in the 69th minute when Leao was mixed with Theo Hernandez and footed in Philippe Biling in the penalty area. Santiago Gimenez took the penalty shootout, but Alex Merete has produced a surprising saffron to keep Napoli’s two goals.
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Milan refused to retreat and finally found a progress in the 84th minute. Hernandez, an effective below the left, brought a low crossing of the six helpful box, where Jovich quickly reacted to put the ball into the net.
As the time of stopping, Milan continued to threaten. Leao was very involved, in a dangerous situation he fooled De Lorenzo, but the penalty was well defended.
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The victory assures Napoli in second place in Serie A, AC Milan, on the other hand, will remain in ninth place and have to quickly move their attention to the Copa Copayela’s semi-finals against Inter Milan on Wednesday before playing Fiorentina on Saturday.