Napoli beat Roma to extend their lead at the top of the Italian to 13 points

In a balanced game, with a goal in the 40th minute of the second half, Napoli defeated Roma by 2-1, this Sunday, at the Diego Maradona stadium, in Naples, for the 20th round of the Italian Championship, and increased its advantage even more in the lead in the competition. Now with 53 points, they are 13 more than Internazionale, the new vice-leader after the first round of the return.

With an impressive campaign, Napoli achieved their 17th victory in this Italian Championship. It has only two draws (against Fiorentina and Lecce) and one defeat (against Internazionale). In addition, the Neapolitan club has the best attack in the competition (48 goals) and the best defense (15). Nigerian striker Victor Osihmen, scorer of the first goal this Sunday, is the top scorer, with 14 balls in the net.

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This Sunday, Napoli started better and opened the scoring in the 17th minute. After a cross from Kvaratskhelia from the left, Osihmen dominated with his chest inside the area, adjusted with his thigh and kicked hard with his right foot into the corner of the Portuguese goalkeeper Rui Patrício. He had other chances to expand in the first stage, but was unsuccessful.

After the break, Portuguese coach José Mourinho introduced striker El Shaarawy and changed the face of the match. The Italian gave more movement to the Roman attack and scored the equalizer in the 30th minute. Napoli’s response came with the Argentine Giovani Simeone, who scored a beautiful striker goal in the 41st minute to determine another Neapolitan triumph.

With the week off, Napoli will face Spezia, next Sunday, away from home, for the 21st round. Roma, in sixth place on 37 points, will face Empoli at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome a day earlier.

Its rival in the Italian capital, Lazio also entered the field this Sunday and was in the 1-1 draw with Fiorentina, in Rome. Casale opened the scoring for the home team, just eight minutes into the game, and González equalized for the visitors, four minutes into the second half.

In the leaderboard, Lazio is in third place, with 38 points, and Fiorentina is in 12th place, with 24.