Neapolitans were strong favorites before the meeting, because SPAL is a team that is below the line. Their goal is to keep Serie A. Azzurri in turn, fighting for places that give the game European cups.
Poles Arkadiusz Milik and Piotr Zieliński started the fight on the bench, while on the other side Arkadiusz Reca and Thiago Cionek appeared on the pitch from the first minute. The result was opened in the fourth minute. Then Dries Mertens played on the border offside, he found himself alone with the goalkeeper and defeated him.
However, the guests did not remain in debt and responded to the lost goal. In the 29th minute Andrea Petagna received an excellent pass from Arkadiusz Reca at 15 meters and put the ball into the net.
Blues quickly took the lead again. In the 36th minute Jose Callejon closed the high pass and shot the football from the air between the posts. It could have been 3: 1 before the break, but Lorenzo Insigne’s hit was not recognized because Italy was on the offside.
The second half began without Arkadiusz Reca, because this was changed by Valoti. In the 64th minute Arkadiusz Milik appeared on the field, who came in behind the first goal scorer. Amin Younes scored the third goal for Naples in the 78th minute closing the score.
Piotr Zieliński sat the entire match on the bench.
Naples – SPAL 3: 1 (2: 0)
Goals: Dries Mertens (4), Jose Callejon (36), Amin Younes (78) – Andrea Petagna (29)
Yellow cards: Mattia Valoti, Fares, Felipe
SSC Napoli: Meret, Rui (80. Ghoulam), Koulibaly (80. Manolas), Nikola Maksimovic, Hysaj, Ruiz, Lobotka, Elmas, Insigne (64. Lozano), Mertens (64. Milik), Callejon (77. Younes)
Sleep: Letica, Cionek, Vicari, Felipe, Reca (46. Valoti), Espeto (75. D’Alessandro), Murgia (75. Bryan Dabo), Missiroli, Faris, Petagna (80. Floccari), Cerri
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