Napoli-Milan 2-1, Politano and Lukaku respond to Inter. Milan misses a penalty

Naples, March 30, 2025 – TheInter call and the Napoli responds. Both top two in class win for 2-1 against respectively Udinese e Milan, and this second success was started by the lightning goal of politan, boosted by the winning spin of Lukaku to crown a first half that was too good for the home team and, perhaps, too bad for the guests. This is also evident conception, who in the second half changed almost everything up front, reaping alternating dividends. Gimenez, in fact, from the spot (foul by Billing su Hernandez) is hypnotized by Meret, while Jovic from zero meters he doesn't miss the tap-in on Hernandez's low cross and reopens the game, also thanks to a Lion which gives vivacity to the Rossoneri attack. To impact the games all this is not enough and so in the end the Azzurri win, albeit with the sin (not capital) of dropping sharply in the second half. Not bad for today for Tale, which remains in the wake of -3 of the leader, while for the Diavolo It's dark night on the front of the fight for a place in Europe. Not without regrets for a first half literally thrown away.

The official lineups

  Tale back to 4-3-3 and it does so by deploying in defense, to protect Meret, a line that sees By Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Good morning e Olive: they are in the middle of the field gilmour, Lobotka e Anguissa, while in attack it's up to politan, Lukaku e Neres. conception reply with a 4-2-3-1 open from maignan, protected by Walker, Cage, pavlovic ed Hernandez, in turn shielded by Fofana e Bondo: the offensive reference is Abraham, supplied by Pulisic, Reinders e Joao felix.  

First half

  Ready, set and on Napoli takes the lead immediately with politan, who receives the ball thrown in deep by By Lorenzo, penetrates between pavlovic ed Hernandez and with his left hand he scores maignan. At 6' Neres he revs up his lane and tries right politan, this time well anticipated by the Rossoneri defence: on the counterattack Hernandez goes from Reinders, whose shot is blocked by the blue wall. At 11' Pulisic rewards the overlap of Walker, who crosses for Abraham, whose flying touch ends up on the bottom. The Napoli insists on the right lane and on the axis of fire between By Lorenzo e politan, this time with reversed protagonists: the captain tries to go from Lukaku who, in addition to being in a suspected offside position, does not reach the ball, with the Milan who takes refuge in a corner from which the back heel of develops Anguissa on cross-shot of politan doesn't go far from the goal. In the 19th minute, however, the left-footed shot from a Lukaku in precarious balance but served to perfection by the vertical track of gilmour, good at taking advantage of the mess between Bondo e Abraham. The Milan he is stunned and at 22' he risks a shot from outside Anguissa and maignan raises the ball to the corner. At 32', after a period of stagnation, politan goes to the other outside Neres, whose volley is not up to the performance of his teammates up to that point. Milan he sketches out an attempt at reaction which leads to a corner when Anguissa anticipates Pulisic: a corner follows which Meret easily slaps away after the header from pavlovic. At 45' Fofana kicks from distance and finds the deflection in a corner Lobotka which opens the minute of recovery granted by the referee Dirty, during which gilmour touching pavlovic at the limit: for the whistle, a rather light touch is enough to impose a punishment that Reinders will kick the ball into the wall before the double whistle.

Second half

  Il Milan he returns to the field without it Bondo, detected by Lion, and he does it with a good attitude that as turnover immediately brings a corner earned by Reinders, which however the Italian defence thwarted without any worries. conception then calls him back to the bench Joao felix e Abraham and throws into the fray Chukwueze e Gimenez. At 55' the new face Lion creates a vacuum, sending to the bar Lobotka with a double step, before opening the conclusion too much: the action was born from a ball stolen by fair means or foul from Fofana ad Anguissa. At 59' a vertical track for Lion get the ball to you first Chukwueze and then to Gimenez, who from a good position turns his left foot over the crossbar. Shortly after Neres he gets out and puts a trailer for politan which crashes into the wall of the guests, who then immediately launch a counterattack closed by a play that is too complex in the area Lion. Then he tries pavlovic from outside: Meret blocks the left-handed player to the ground. On this occasion Anguissa, already returned battered by commitments with his own National, is hit hard: Tale then replace it with Billing. The new arrival in the 68th minute is the one who is guilty of the episode that could potentially reopen the match, collapsing on Hernandez thrown into the area: potentially, because Gimenez from the penalty spot he could do much better and instead he sends a phone call that Meret intercepts with the usual reactivity. The Milan he feels the blow but still tries to charge, albeit with his head down, like when in the 79th minute pavlovic he tries again from the same spot with a left-handed straight forehand that Meret raises the ball to the corner. Before the corner kick, however conception, warned as well as shortly after Tale, insert Gimenez e Jovic for Walker e Pulisic. The Italian coach is instead forced to remove Lobotka, who took a blow to the leg, throwing himself into the fray at his pace Juan JesusThe Rossoneri continue to try their luck from distance, but not even Reinders seems to be in his evening. Instead, the goal that reopens the game comes from a very close distance, when in the 84th minute Hernandez he puts a low cross that Jovic slams into the sack with an easy tap-in and almost in cohabitation with Gimenez. Tale immediately calls for three moves: inside Simeon, Mazzocchi e ngonge for Lukaku, politan e Neres. At 87' Reinders tries again from outside, but his aim is even more off than before. A blitz in the area of Jimenez sends it haywire Olive but it only generates a corner after a deflection of Juan Jesus. The injury time is 5, opened by an action similar to that of the Rossoneri goal: low cross into the middle of Hernandez but this time Meret thwarts the threat. At 93' the home goalkeeper is shocked and trembles when Jovic he turns and shoots, sending the ball deep. It doesn't end there for the Maradona, which in the last minute also sees maignan go up for a free kick from the left wing that the Napoli with difficulty he clears before starting the party which means victory and remaining in the wake of theInter.