Napoli-Torino 2-0, McTominay gives the Azzurri the lead

A brace from the Scotsman in the first half is enough to knock out the Granata and, above all, to overtake Inter, now 3 points behind. Only two blemishes for Conte: the injuries of Anguissa and Buongiorno

di GIUSY ANNA MARIA D'ALESSIO
April 27, 2025
Napoli-Torino, McTominay's celebration (Ansa)

Napoli-Torino, McTominay's celebration (Ansa)

Naples, April 27, 2025 - Received the best possible news from Meazza, conquered by the Roma, Napoli you have to do the rest of the work to complete the overtaking operation: beat the Turin to go up to 74 points and detach theInter, in full crisis and stuck at 71 lengths. The grenade practice essentially goes into the archives already in the first half, and to be precise on the first and only thrusts: attack McTominay, the King Midas of the moment (and not only), and the ball caroms into the net twice behind Milinkovic-Savic. In the second half the crossbar said no to the third goal sought by Billing, who replaced the injured player Anguissa: also the returning one Good morning he goes KO after a shot, and this is the only bad news of the evening for Tale. Despite the undoubted value of the players and the appropriate checks to be carried out to evaluate their conditions, it is still too little to ruin the atmosphere of the Maradona, who celebrates what looks like a championship victory. Fuorigrotta there were also the grenadiers, who apart from the two defensive lapses on the occasion of the brace of McTominay up until the last sixteen meters they even try generously: then comes the good, or the bad, depending on the point of view. A question of difference in stimuli, children of a ranking from which the guests have nothing more to ask. Speech towards for the Napoli that, with the remaining calendar in hand, today the first of the available Italian match points was played and hit the target thanks to McTominay, the 'all-rounder' who risks (so to speak) becoming the emblem of a page in the history of the Neapolitan club.

The official lineups

  Tale recovers in extremis Good morning, who goes on defense together with By Lorenzo, Rrahmani e Olive since 4-3-3 open from Meret, but loses due to flu syndrome Breakers, placed in front by Spinazzola: Lukaku e politan complete the forward department, while in midfield there are Anguissa, Lobotka e McTominay. vanilla reply with a 3-5-1-1 that he sees between the posts Milinkovic-Savic, protected by Coco, Maripan e Masina, with Pedersen e biraghi as fifth: on the median there are Linetty, Tameze (which replaces Ricci, stopped in the warm-up) e Casadei, while supporting the sole tip Adams there is the great ex Elmas.  

First half

  Il Turin starts immediately with a drumming action in penetration closed by a very high blow of Coco. The Napoli reply with a shot of Lukaku which, when blocked, yields a corner that will generate a back and forth in the area with Anguissa e Olive protagonists. At 4' Milinkovic-Savic he is making a mess of trying to build from the bottom up with Maripan, who gets by and only concedes the throw-in. At 6' Casadei stop with the bad ones McTominay, which on the continuation of the subsequent punishment unlocks the contest, anticipating Coco and capitalizing to the maximum on the trailer of Anguissa, in turn launched from a vertical track of By LorenzoThe Granata could have equalised in the 11th minute, when from the developments of a free kick Linetty bowl in the middle and peach Adams, who from zero meters sends the ball incredibly sky-high: also 'saving' him was the subsequent offside signal. At 20' Linetty he wipes out the entire Azzurri midfield before his shot, deflected with a bit of luck, becomes an assist for Elmas, whose shot in turn reaches biraghi, who gets the assist measurement wrong for AdamsThe match enters a phase not particularly rich in emotions: the Napoli, having obtained the advantage with practically minimal effort, does not lose its balance, while the Turin struggles to conclude the initiatives set up even with good quality from midfield upwards. Speaking of minimum effort: at the second personal and team attack, at 42' McTominay sign the 2-0 with another of his raids, this time on the worthy initiative of politan. The referee Mariani grant 1' of recovery that will no longer change the partial: at the break it is 2-0 and big party at the Maradona.

Second half

  vanilla leave in the changing rooms Tameze, replaced by ilic. The first emotions of the second half are two corners, won by both teams but without bearing fruit. At 51' Linetty try a variation on the theme by kicking with your right foot, but Good morning walls up his ex-partner. The first bad news of the evening (and the whole day) for Tale it's the injury of Anguissa, hit hard by ilic, also cautioned on the occasion: the substitute of the Cameroonian, who however seems to have only picked up a knock, is Billing, while the Granata players rise from the bench vlasic e Lazaro and they sit down Linetty e biraghi, practically walking on both of the Azzurri's goals. At 61', Billing he almost made it three when he headed the ball over the crossbar from a cross by Spinazzola: this is the second bad news for Tale, the third is that the re-entrant also stops Good morning after a sprint on the left lane, with Marine forced to take over. vanilla instead he throws himself into the fray karamoh for Coco: the new arrival in the 78th minute hits a right-footed cross which, deflected by Olive, generates a corner in turn without great ambitions. On the reversal of front McTominay he tries to churn out an assist too, but politan he arrives late for his appointment with the ball. vanilla lancia Walukiewicz for Masina, while Tale gives minutes to Simeon, gilmour e Breakers for Lukaku, Lobotka e Breakers. The injury time is 5, opened by a somewhat reckless exit of Milinkovic-Savic, which also overwhelms Breakers. The last emotion - so to speak - is a wave from outside Lazaro which ends directly in the curve before Mariani whistle three times, starting the celebration of Maradona.  

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