NAPLES (ITALPRESS) – Fourth win of the season for Napoli. The 2-0 win over Monza gives Antonio Conte’s men the lone lead in the standings, with Juventus at -1 and the Inter-Milan pair at -2. Decisive goals by Politano and Kvaratskhelia in the first half directed the match. Nesta’s Biancorossi, except for a few sporadic initiatives, failed to limit a team overflowing in the first half and in management in the second half. In the next round there will be the second consecutive match at the Maradona for the Azzurri, who will host revelation Como; Monza, on the other hand, will welcome Roma, fresh from the victory with Venezia. Three defeats and three draws, a decisive turnaround will be needed for the Brianzoli to get out of quicksand.
The hosts dominated the match from the first moments. Monza could be seen in the first quarter of an hour, but on 22′ Politano managed to unlock the score: after an attempt on Lukaku’s side, the Azzurri outfielder from a defiladed position managed to get past Turati. It took Conte’s team 11 minutes to get to the double through Kvaratskhelia, who was skillful in taking advantage of a mistake in the construction phase on the part of the guests. In the resumption the script did not change in the slightest, the Parthenopeans tried several times to make it 3-0, it was McTominay – on the developments of a corner kick – who came close to the third goal with a great header. Monza struggled, only a header by Djuric, blocked in two times by Caprile, and a free kick by Maldini created some headaches for the home defense. Napoli in the second half wanted to manage without going too much into trouble, in the final twenty minutes the defensive phase was taken care of more than the offensive one: there tried Raspadori, who entered in the final, to mock the opponent’s extreme defender with a first-time shot, soon after Neres went inches from the net with a venomous diagonal.
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Napoli beats Monza 2-0 and flies into the lead
