The ‘Nerazzurri’ won 3-2 at San Siro and are four points behind the Neapolitan team and AC Milan, co-leaders of the Italian championship.
Inter Milan inflicted the first defeat of the season on Napoli on Sunday, beating them 3-2 in a vibrant match at San Siro, which allowed to reopen Serie A and get four points behind the Neapolitan team (32 points) and Milan, co-leaders.
Goals from Turkey’s Hakan Calhanoglu, Croatian Ivan Perisic and Argentina’s Lautaro Martínez allowed Inter to move closer to the lead and knock down a Napoli that was about to come back, but forgave two huge scoring chances in eight minutes of added time.
For the first time this season, Inter managed to win in the first game after a team break and cut three points to Naples and Milan, who also lost their undefeated condition, when they fell this Saturday in the field of Fiorentina (3-4).
And that the Pole Piotr Zielinski had overtaken Napoli at 18 minutes, but a penalty transformed by Calhanoglu, and a header from Ivan Perisic on the brink of rest, allowed Inter to turn the scoreboard.
The Milanese team was confirmed fearsome in the set pieces. Perisic headed a corner kick off Calhanoglu and Colombian David Ospina saved the ball when it had already passed the goal line.
The reaction of Naples was complicated by the injury of Nigerian Victor Osimhen, who retired due to a blow to the head, and Inter, in a counterattack launched by the Argentine Joaquin Correa, who traveled more than 60 meters of field, signed the 3-1 thanks to Lautaro, with an excellent low cross shot.
It could be the final blow, but a marvel from the Belgian Dries Mertens, with a right hand from outside the area, returned options to Napoli and opened a vibrant final stretch.
With Inter locked in his defensive half of the field, Napoli had two resounding scoring opportunities, without being able to take advantage of them.
Slovenian goalkeeper Samir Handanovic denied the equalizer to Portuguese Mario Rui, whose header was sent to the crossbar with a spectacular save.
And, in 98, Cameroonian midfielder Frank Zambo Anguissa dribbled past three rivals on the left wing and hit a perfect cross that Mertens finished high, despite hitting without marking, a few meters from the goal. (D)
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