Napoli had been held to a 2-2 draw at Lazio on Saturday after Boulaye Dia scored late on because the Italian Serie A leaders thought they had been set to maneuver 4 factors away from Inter Milan.
Senegal attacker Dia rolled house a wise low end within the 87th minute in Rome to disclaim Napoli victory and provides Inter an opportunity to maneuver prime of the pile with a win at Juventus on Sunday.
Champions Inter are two factors behind Napoli, who’ve drawn three matches in a row and have didn’t beat Lazio in three matches this season, forward of that conflict between fierce rivals in Turin.
“Lazio are our bogey group… we ought to be happy with what we’re doing and be sure that we all the time come off the sphere with our jerseys soaked in sweat,” mentioned Napoli coach Antonio Conte.
Conte needed to take care of the absence of three left-sided gamers with David Neres, Leonardo Spinazzola and Mathias Olivera all injured, and switched Napoli to a three-man defence with Pasquale Mazzocchi coming in as a makeshift wing-back.
And his harm issues received worse when Alessandro Buongiorno, who performed for the primary time in 2025 after recovering from a again harm, had to get replaced by Matteo Politano close to the hour mark and Mazzocchi requested to substituted with 5 minutes remaining.
“When Mazzocchi requested to be taken off it prompted us a giant drawback as a result of I needed to put (central defender) Rafa Marin at full-back,” added Conte.
“However I can’t ask any extra from these boys as a result of what they’re doing is extraordinary.”
– Lazio battle –
Napoli amassing a giant three factors when Adam Marusic scored a weird personal purpose within the sixty fourth minute, the defender protruding his left foot to dam Giacomo Raspadori’s deflected drive solely to by some means chip it previous goalkeeper Ivan Provedel and into his personal internet.
It was Raspadori who drilled Napoli degree within the thirteenth minute following a neat trade of passes with Romelu Lukaku, cancelling out Gustav Isaksen’s thumping early opener for Lazio.
Hosts Lazio briefly thought they’d levelled the scores moments later via a sensational Mattia Zaccani bicycle kick earlier than the Italy worldwide was dominated offside as he flashed in his distinctive end.
However Dia made certain Lazio received one thing from a keenly-contested match on the Stadio Olimpico and moved three factors forward of Juve in fourth place.
Marco Baroni’s group are on 46 factors however might be knocked out of Italy’s Champions League positions on purpose distinction if Juve beat Inter.
“It was an important match and we performed rather well… Truthfully I believe we had been a bit unfortunate and doubtless ought to have gained at this time,” mentioned Isaksen.
– Atalanta slip –
Atalanta slipped up once more of their bid for a primary league title with a goalless draw with Cagliari which left the Bergamo outfit 5 factors behind Napoli.
Already hit with accidents together with that of key attacker Ademola Lookman, Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini dropped first teamers like Marten de Roon, Ederson and Charles De Ketelaere forward of his group’s return leg of a Champions League play-off with Membership Brugge.
Atalanta path that tie 2-1 after a vastly controversial penalty given towards them in stoppage of the primary leg in Belgium on Wednesday.
“We’re up for that match, particularly after how the primary leg ended… We have now to try to do the whole lot to get via,” mentioned Gasperini.
Gasperini was pressured to carry on De Roon, Ederson and De Ketelaere within the second half as Atalanta struggled to interrupt down resilient Cagliari who’re thirteenth and 5 factors above the relegation zone.
The closest the hosts recreation to taking the lead was when Marco Brescianini poked house from shut vary on the hour just for Stefan Posch to be penalised for a foul on Cagliari goalkeeper Elia Caprile.
AC Milan host Verona within the day’s late match hoping to bounce again from their Champions League defeat at Feyenoord.
