Milan wins and has Napoli stumble to touch the lead in the Italian Championship

This Wednesday’s round was intense for the fight for the leadership of the Italian Championship. With the victory of Inter Milan at the 2:30 pm game (from Brasília), Naples e Milan entered the field needing to win. Against Genoa, Milan won without difficulties, by 3-0. Napoli, in turn, beat Sassuolo by 2-0 and remained alone in the lead until the final minutes, when they suffered a draw and let Milan lean on the leadership, just one point behind.

Playing away from home, Milan started the match with a scare. After just four minutes of play, Kjaer left the field injured and was replaced by Gabbia, an important casualty for the visitors.

Just six minutes later, Ibrahimovic’s star shone. In a free kick, the Swede hit well to open the scoring for the Milan team, a beautiful Rossoneri goal.

Milan continued to press and, 46 minutes into the first half, the Brazilian Júnior Messias scored his first goal in the Italian Championship. In an attacking move, the attacker took advantage of the defensive rebound to head the ball into the goal and expand to Milan.

With Milan winning and Napoli drawing at the end of the first half, the Rossoneri went into half-time just one point behind the leaders.

To secure the three points, the visiting team continued with greater offensive production and, 16 minutes into the second half, reached the third goal, again with Júnior Messias, who received Brahim Díaz’s ball on the right side of the attack and hit cross to make your second goal in the game.

Genoa even launched themselves on the attack after conceding the third goal, but was unsuccessful. With that, the game continued with a score of 3-0 for Milan, who remained in the vice-leadership and, due to the stumbling block of Napoli against Sassuolo, was just one point behind the leaders.

Napoli draws with Sassuolo and messes up the fight for the lead

Wanting the victory to get away from Inter Milan and Milan, Napoli started the game in the attacking field and narrowly missed opening the score. Early in the match, Zielinski created a good chance, but failed to convert.

During the entire first stage, the Neapolitan team created more in attack, but failed to get past goalkeeper Andrea Consigli. Sassuolo almost opened the scoring in the 43rd minute, but stopped in a beautiful defense by Ospina. The first half ended goalless.

Early in the second half, however, Napoli managed to swing the net. On the ball from Sassuolo, Mertens stole and found Zielinski, who served Fabián Ruiz. The Spaniard hit the goal and opened the scoring in a crucial goal for the team.

With the goal conceded, Sassuolo opened up more and looked for the attack. However, the space allowed better opportunities for Napoli. At 14 minutes into the second half, Mertens received a cross from Zielinski and pushed into the goal, extending the score to the leaders.

At 26 of the second stage, the discount. In a good attacking move, Kyriakopoulos crossed for Scamacca, who killed in the chest and hit the volley to score a nice goal and reduce the score for the home team.

The two teams had a balanced duel for the rest of the game, with both looking for the goal. Napoli also suffered from the embezzlement of Koulibaly, who left the field injured, forcing the team to adopt a more cautious posture.

In the final minutes of the game, Sassuolo won the tie in a headed goal by Ferrari, which set fire to the dispute for the leadership and to the game, making the home team go even more to the attack. In stoppage time, forward Defrel turned the game around for the home team, but the VAR annulled the goal for a foul.

With that, the game ended in a 2-2 draw, a result that took Napoli to 36 points, occupying the lead, but followed closely by Milan, with 35, and by Inter Milan, with 34. If they won, the team Neapolitan could guarantee greater tranquility at the end of the table