COMO (ITALPRESS) – A heavy defeat for Napoli, which fell 2-1 at Sinigaglia against Cesc Fabregas’ Como, thus surrendering the lead in the standings to Inter ahead of the direct clash with the Nerazzurri next March 1. Rrahmani’s own goal and Diao’s goal to condemn the Parthenopeans to defeat, with the vain momentary equalizer sealed by Raspadori that did not, however, give the shake Antonio Conte’s eleven needed. The game changed immediately, after just seven minutes, when on a throw-in in Napoli’s favor Rrahmani received the ball and turned it without looking toward Meret, catching him unprepared outside the goal mirror and scoring a resounding own goal. Slip that the Azzurri would recover, however, on 17′, taking advantage of the mistake made this time by Kempf, who was caught under pressure by Raspadori and allowed him the space to beat Butez with his right. A tie at Sinigaglia and many inaccuracies on the part of the two teams in the first half hour of play, with the pace of the match settling down until halftime. Balanced match made of many duels, which in the second half intensified and led to a rise by Como, against which Conte reacted with the entries of Simeone and Anguissa. Napoli thus regaining control of the midfield, making itself dangerous at 66′, on Raspadori’s vertical service for McTominay who inside the area kicks hard finding Butez’s great reflex. Fabregas’ team, however, did not change its offensive approach, which paid off with the overtaking goal thirteen from 90′, thanks to Nico Paz’s suggestion for Diao’s right-footed cross, on which Meret failed to intervene in the dive. Napoli thus threw itself forward in search of an equalizer, but Como was compact and attentive in its management of the final five minutes of added time that acted as the epilogue to the challenge, which thus distanced the Whites from the relegation zone and put a length of distance between Napoli, second at 56 points, and Simone Inzaghi’s Inter. With six days to go before the Maradona’s supershowdown.
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