Milan beats Naples 1-0 NEWS on the 24th matchday of Serie A
THE GOAL
At 25′ MILAN – Napoli 1-0 – Goal by Theo Hernandez. The game suddenly comes to an end, Leao invents a delicious through ball for Theo Hernandez who, with a shot, gets in front of Gollini and beats him with a soft touch
CLASSIFICATION
RESULTS
Theo Hernandez’s name is on the three points that Milan uses to beat Napoli 1-0, theoretically move to within one point of second place, Juve plays tomorrow, and dream of a bright future as it was difficult to predict only in November. Lhe chromatic singularity of the Nerazzurri on the Meazza pitch is the contrast between the usual uniform of the Italian champions and the black of the fourth Milan shirt which recalls the spiers of the Milanese Cathedral and leads Milan to aim high, leaving Mazzarri and his team far from the ‘Europe. Doveri was there to measure the ambitions of his rivals, he who has 221 whistles in Serie A. One more than Pioli’s appearances for the Rossoneri – the seventh coach ever, equal to Sacchi – which confirms the block of the last month, but for the disqualification of Reijnders serves the almost unprecedented Adli-Bennacer, with Loftus-Cheek in the position of false diez: freedom of movement between the lines and duty to break. In Mazzarri’s nativity scene, Kvaratskhelia is behind Simeone, with Di Lorenzo and Mazzocchi manning the edges of the pitch.
Napoli arrived in Milan on the strength of the highest percentage of ball possession, but also of the team’s trademark with a tendency to recover the ball high. Which can be seen especially at the start, when it is Mazzarri’s men who push, forcing Milan to compress like a spring and then relax with the accelerations of Loftus-Cheek and Theo Hernandez. Napoli’s pressure leads Kvara to swing to the right in the 10th minute, bypassing Gabbia and offering it for Simone’s swerve to the near post: an advance on Kjaer, but the target remains out of reach. The match is also played in the stands: third green tier entirely occupied by Neapolitan fans, Curva sud ready to remind those across the street how there is little affection to share. The color is in the warmth of San Siro: close to the match, now that he has never been so far from it, at least from the promises of San Donato, where the Milan fans of tomorrow will say they feel at home.
ANSA Agency Too much Atalanta for Genoa, poker and fourth place Gilardino’s rossoblù try but collapse in injury time, applause for everyone And Milan resorts to its comfort zone when it comes to breaking the balance, because all of Pioli and his well-oiled wing mechanism are there in the opening goal: Theo opens the triangle which Giroud extends onto Leao wide on the left and who Theo himself closes by overlapping inside him to receive the pass, before touching Gollini on the way out. In the second half, Napoli returns to the trident with the entry of Politano, but it is Florenzi (substituted in Calabria, out with a muscle problem) who creates shivers in Gollini, thanks to Juan Jesus’ deflection. Rrhamani extends his arm on Loftus-Cheek in the area but Doveri lets it run and Napoli comes close to reopening it with Simeone, who intercepts a pass from Bennacer but shoots high. Just as Politano’s left-footed shot and Leao’s right-footed shot, who has not scored a goal since September in Serie A, finish just out of proportion. The pace remains high, but the precision is lacking and the result does not change. Not even when Lindstrom from the outside causes Simic to deflect onto the post, which is recovered by Kvara with a left foot that Maignan raises for a corner. For Napoli the ranking remains a problem, for Milan a victory comes that tastes like the Champions League. On Thursday, in the meantime, it will already be the Europa League against Rennes.
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