What else does it take to increase the tension of a match; several clashes, coach’s intervention—three players saw red cards in the entire match. Napoli closed the gap on top-placed AC Milan with a win against Lazio in such a tense match.
Napoli lost 2-0 at Lazio’s ground in a Serie A match on Sunday (January 4). With this win, Napoli’s point gap with top-placed AC Milan is now only 1. The champions have 37 points from 17 matches with 12 wins and one draw. AC Milan has 38 points from the draw.
Inter Milan is third in the points table. They have 36 points from 16 matches. If they beat Bologna in the last match of the day, they will go top.
Several Napoli players, including Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku, and Billy Gilmour, are out of the field due to injuries. That is why Napoli took to the field today without them.
Leonardo Spinazzola put the visitors ahead in the 13th minute. Amir Rahmani doubled the lead in the 32nd minute. Brazilian forward David Neres was sent off in the 69th minute after being fouled. Napoli’s Rahmani and Lazio’s Tizani Noslin clashed over the foul and were shown yellow cards.
Dutch forward Noslin was sent off in the 81st minute after fouling Alessandro.
Napoli’s Pasquale Matzczak fouled Lazio’s Adam Marusic with a minute left in regulation. The two then got into a heated exchange of words and a scuffle. Conte stepped forward to separate the two. Others rushed in immediately. Both players were later shown red cards.
