Parma-Napoli 0-0. Azzurri stopped by the woodwork, but Inter doesn't win: the scudetto is close

Parma, 18 May 2025 - The game is played at Tardini, but the eyes are also turned to San Siro, from which to Napoli bad news is coming: Inter ahead of the Lazio and, therefore, temporary overtaking at the top of the standings. The Azzurri, who in the first half against Parma they had suffered but also grazed the net with the inside post hit by Anguissa, it's time in the second half to change gear and accelerate. This will not be the only wood of the evening by the team of a very nervous Tale. In the second half, the crossbar comes into play, saying no first to politan on a cross that turned into a shot and then on the free kick McTominay, but almost at the same time as this last shot comes the news of the equaliser Lazio which inflames the many visiting fans present at the Tardini. The spotlight shifts more to the match of the Meazza that on that of Parma and the news is conflicting: first theInter takes the lead again and then the Biancocelesti equalise again from a penalty. Speaking of penalty kicks: in injury time, the Napoli one is awarded for a foul Lovi su Neres, but after on field review Duties changes his mind due to a previous irregularity Simeon su CircatiNo big deal: after a very long recovery, the referee blows the whistle three times and with 90 minutes to go the verdict of the standings smiles on the band. Tale. Napoli still first, by one point on aInter who will have much to complain about: even more so given the news that has arrived from Tardini.

The official lineups

  Chivu choose a 3-5-2 open from Suzuki, protected by Balogh, Leoni e Circati, with Delprato e Valeri as fifths and sohm, Keita ed hernani in the middle of the field: the two strikers are Bonny e Pilgrim. Tale reply with a 4-4-2 open from Meret, with By Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Olive e Spinazzola in defense and politan, Anguissa, gilmour e McTominay in midfield: the attack is instead made up of Lukaku e Breakers.  

First half

  The first duel between Leoni e Lukaku smiles at the defender, with Suzuki which then completes the disengagement: on the other side he tries alone Pilgrim, but for the referee Duties commits a foul on Olive. At 4' hernani serves Bonny, who with a weak right hand makes the gloves dirty Meret but without too many pretensions. The first offensive action of the Napoli yields a corner, from whose developments Breakers puts in the middle: Suzuki takes the ball. The second duel between Leoni e Lukaku: the very young ducal defender wins again. On the reversal of front Bonny he sends a low cross into the six-yard box onto which hernani doesn't arrive by a hair's breadth. At 8' McTominay try the complex game for Lukaku instead of serving gilmour, but the sphere is still prey to Suzuki. just gilmour shortly after he touches the ball with his arm: Duties awards a free kick from the edge of the box hernani kicks into the wall, then also misses the second chance he had after chasing a teammate. In the 11th minute Breakers change field for politan, who enters the area and fires a left-footed shot towards the near post which Suzuki defuses. At 15' Meret it comes out well on Pilgrim, searched by a hernani very much in the thick of the game. At 19' he tries again Bonny from a distance at the suggestion of Circati: once again there is precision, but power and angle are missing. On the other side it shows gilmour, but sohm rejects and then tries to restart his team. At 31' sohm does everything right: played to elude the marking of Olive and great right that Meret is forced to lift it over the crossbar. At 33' it is the inside post that saves Suzuki on the left-handed split of Anguissa after a sombrero that had jumped Leoni, an unprecedented event in the match so far: for the home number 46 the winning advances on Lukaku they are uncountable. Duties grant 1' of recovery in which nothing happens, except the news of the simultaneous advantage of theInter on Lazio which momentarily overturns the championship game.

Second half

  The teams return from the locker rooms with the same players: among them there is sohm, who tries again with a pretty good right, but once again Meret he answers present. The Parma insists and goes to the flag with hernani, who goes hunting for Circati, which almost misses impact with the ball. The Napoli reply in the 57th minute with a good play by Breakers, which he puts in the middle and finds the rejection of Suzuki which almost becomes an assist for Spinazzola, which instead lacks the connection with the ball. Shortly after, the upper part of the crossbar intercepts the cross of politan suddenly became a shot. Meanwhile, after a previous ailment, he finally raises the white flag Leoni, replaced by Hainaut. Also Tale, cautioned in the first half, changes something but not due to physical problems: they enter Neres e Billing for Breakers e gilmour. At 70' Delprato stretches to the edge of the area McTominay, who is responsible for taking the free kick: Suzuki he parries and sends the ball onto the crossbar, for the third goal of the evening NapoliFor every bad news comes a good one San Siro: the Lazio draws against theInter, thus bringing the Azzurri back to the top of the rankings. Meanwhile Chivu inserts Barnabas for hernani: a news item that fades into the background when theInter takes the lead again against the Lazio, freezing the blue part of the Tardini after the previous roar. Also for this reason Tale accelerate the changes already planned: out politan and an evanescent Lukaku It's inside ngonge e Simeon, the goal scorer often with the maximum specific weight. Also Chivu change by inserting Djuric for Pilgrim, Ondrejka for Bonny e Lovi for Valeri: Tale instead he throws himself into the fray Mazzocchi for Spinazzola. From San Siro news arrives of a penalty awarded to Lazio: it's a goal and therefore the Napoli returns to the top of the table again. The injury time is 7, opened by the expulsions of Tale e ChivuThe tension reaches its peak when Lovi lands Neres in the penalty area: for Duties It's a penalty, but after an on field review the referee changes his decision due to a previous foul by Simeon su Circati. The regrets of Napoli they don't last long: the result doesn't change anymore, but with 90 minutes to go the top of the table is still an increasingly solid certainty.