Neres and Lang drag Napoli, Atalanta defeat 3-1: Count smiles again

NAPOLI (ITALPRESS) – From the ashes of the defeat of Bologna and the turbulent national break that followed a Naples from the found alchemy. At the stadium ‘Maradona’ Antonio Conte’s team beat Raffaele Palladino’s first Atalanta with the result of 3-1 and climb for one night Roma and Inter, committed tomorrow against Cremonese and Milan respectively.

The side coach changes form (3-4-3) for the emergency in the infirmary and immediately receives the answers expected by the players under examination: Neres (double) and Lang score the first seasonal goals and do it in a first time in a unique sense. The Brazilian striker at 18′ takes advantage of the Hojlund fungus, enters the area and with the left beats Carnesecchi. At 38′ the doubling: this time theassist is McTominay, but the signature of the goal is always Neres who with the left beats for the second time the porter Bergamo. Before the double whistle there is also room for the tris: By Lorenzo crossa from the right, Lang anticipates all and head of Carnesecchi.

At the interval Palladino spends a double change: outside Ahanor and Pasalic, inside Kossounou and Scamacca. It is precisely the 1999 class that reopens the game with a scissor in the area on assists of Bellanova. The rabid reaction of the Atalanta, however, stops here.

Naples manages rhythms and spaces, but loses Hojlund for a suspicious muscle injury to be assessed in view of the big match against Roma next Sunday at the Olimpico. It’s the only stunned note for a Naples that finds the smile and the three points. There is so much to do for Raffaele Palladino who has to deal with a ranking situation far from the gasperinian fasts: thirteen points, two wins and fourteen goals. The next challenge with Fiorentina already looks like a derby among great disappointed.

DE LAURENTIIS “BRAVO CONTE A RIPRENDERE IN MANO LA SQUADRA”

“Bravo Antonio Conte took over the team. Brave the players who have performed his instructions.” He wrote it on X the president of Naples, Aurelio De Laurentiis after the victory of the Neapolitans for 3-1 on the Atalanta at the Maradona.

IL TABELLINO

NAPOLI (3-4-3): Milinkovic-Savic 6; Beukema 6.5, Rrahmani 6.5 (18′ st Juan Jesus 6), Good morning 7; By Lorenzo 7, Lobotka 6.5, McTominay 6.5, Gutierrez 6 (24′ st Mazzocchi 6); Neres 7.5 (24′ st Politano 6), Hojlund 7 (29′ st Lucca 6), Lang 7 (24′ st Elmas 6). On the bench: Contini, Ferrante, Olivera, Marianucci, Vergara, Ambrosino. Coach: Count 7.

ATALANTA (3-4-1-2): Carnesecchi 6; Djimsiti 5.5, Hien 6, Ahanor 5.5 (1′ st Kossounou 6); Bellanova 6.5, Ederson 6, De Roon 6, Zappacosta 5.5 (17′ st Zalewski 6); Pasalic 5 (1′ st Scamacca 7); De Ketelaere 5 (32′ st Samardzic 6), Lookman 6 (37′ st Maldini sv). On the bench: Rossi, Sportiello, Kolasinac, Musah, Brescianini, Bernasconi, Sulemana, Krstovic. Coach: Palladino 5.5.

ARBITRO: Di Bello di Brindisi 6.
RETI: 17′ pt Neres, 38′ pt Neres, 45′ pt Lang, 7′ st Scamacca.
NOTES: evening serene, soil in good condition.
Ammoniti: De Roon, Zappacosta, Juan Jesus.
Angles: 4-3.
Recovery: 1′, 5′.

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