The valuable successes of Inter Milan against Cagliari (3-1) and Naples against Sampdoria Genoa (2-1), allowed the Nerazzurri to preserve their place as dolphins (2nd, 24 points), two units away. head, and the Neapolitans to stay third at 3 points.
Juventus (4th, 23 pts), ahead of Napoli on goal difference, also remains in contact thanks once again to Cristiano Ronaldo, author of a double from the penalty spot to get out of the Genoese trap (3-1).
Napoli win at Maradona stadium
At midday, Inter Milan offered a breath of fresh air by winning 3-1 at the end of the game in Cagliari.
Led 1-0 a quarter of an hour from the end of the match, the Nerazzurri overthrew the Sardinians by equalizing with Nicolo Barella, with a superb volley (77th), then taking the advantage with Danilo D’Ambrosio (84th ) head and Romelu Lukaku at the very end of the match (90th + 4).
Against Sampdoria, the Neapolitans won their first victory in the Diego Armando Maradona stadium, just renamed after the death of the Argentine idol.
Heckled in the first period, Gennaro Gattuso’s men had to wait for Hirving Lozano (45th) to come into play to unblock the situation.
Author of the equalizing goal, his 6th this season (53rd, 1-1), the Mexican international dynamited the meeting, offering the winning goal to Petagna from the head (68th, 2-1).
Ronaldo leads Juve
For his 100th in the Bianconero jersey, the Portuguese star did not tremble when he delivered his team then held in check against the penultimate in the standings, Genoa.
After sterile domination in the first half, Paulo Dybala ended up finding the net for the first time this season with a powerful strike from the left foot (57th, 1-0). The Argentinian had not scored since July 4.
The Genoese responded tac-au-tac by a realization of the former juventino, Stefano Sturaro (61st, 1-1), ideally served by the young Luca Pellegrini, on loan from the Bianconeri.
Cristiano Ronaldo then sealed the fate of the meeting by transforming a first penalty into force (77th, 2-1), then a second (89th, 3-1). The Portuguese, who was playing his 100th match for Juventus Turin, scored his 78th and 79th goals with the club since his arrival in 2018. He joined Zlatan Ibrahimovic at the top of the scorers’ classification (10 goals).
Roma takes place
Author of 5 goals in the first period, a first since the 1930s, AS Roma (6th) has no room for suspense on the lawn of Bologna (12th, 12 points). After a goal from Andrea Poli against his side (5th, 1-0), Edin Dzeko became the third top scorer in the history of the Louve club, scoring his 111th goal with Roma (10th, 2 -0).
Lorenzo Pellegrini (15th, 3-0), then Jordan Veretout, at the conclusion of a nice collective movement (35th, 4-1) and Henrikh Mkhitaryan (44th, 5-1) took part in the party. Bologna suffered its third loss at home this season.
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