The Laziali pull off a nice coup in the battle for the Champions League by putting the Louve (5th) five points behind and overtaking the Nerazzurri (3rd) who are out of confidence, beaten three times in four matches.
As once morest Sassuolo (3-4) a week earlier, Roma scuttled themselves with the two warnings received in 32 minutes by Roger Ibanez, already an unfortunate hero of the derby in the first leg with a big error having offered Lazio the victory by the same score (1-0).
The derby so far closed and choppy but relatively balanced, then became complicated for the team of José Mourinho, suspended. The giallorosso goalkeeper Rui Patricio delayed the deadline but might do nothing on the perfect cross shot from Mattia Zaccagni (65th), author of nine goals, as much as Ciro Immobile, back from injury and remained on the bench.
“When you win these matches, you gain confidence. The ranking will allow us to look forward”, rejoiced on DAZN the scorer of the day.
Rabiot ferryman
Inter Milan then needed to win to retain second place. But she came up once morest a well-organized Juventus and was trapped by a cross shot from Filip Kostic (23rd), served by Adrien Rabiot. A goal validated following four minutes of VAR analysis for possible hands from Rabiot and Vlahovic.
“It’s an unacceptable goal, it’s too serious what happened,” railed interior coach Simone Inzaghi, convinced that the Frenchman helped himself.
Juve maintains its dreams of a crazy rise in the Top-4 despite its penalty of fifteen points for accounting fraud. The Bianconeri (7th) are only seven points from fourth place, qualifying for the C1 and occupied by AC Milan, beaten on Saturday in Udine (3-1).
This new misstep by the Interists also benefits Naples, whose lead mattress is still thickening to 19 points, eleven days from the end. If Juve’s appeal once morest his penalty does not succeed, Naples has only five games to win to secure the title.
It is only a matter of time anyway given the form still displayed by Naples, four days following validating its place for the quarterfinals of the Champions League at the expense of Eintracht Frankfurt (3-0).
Already twice scorer once morest the Germans, Victor Osimhen placed two winning headers, the first to open the scoring from a corner (9th), the second for the 3-0 from the resumption (51st).
21 goals for Osimhen
The striker, whose protective mask has become a fashionable accessory among Neapolitan supporters, has cemented his place as leader in the scorer rankings with 21 goals.
The ex-Lillois thanked the thousands of Neapolitan tifosi who came to Turin for the resumption of travel for supporters following a two-month suspension imposed by the authorities following “ultras” from Naples and Roma had caused chaos on a motorway Italian at the beginning of January.
“They have believed in it for years (in the scudetto, editor’s note), no one deserves it more than the tifosi of Naples”, launched the Neapolitan striker, who advances to an average goal per game in 2023.
His friend Khvicha Kvaratskhelia also took care of his statistics with a goal, his 12th, from the penalty spot (35th) and an assist, his 10th (best passer), on the fourth goal signed Tanguy Ndombélé (68th).
At the bottom of the standings, Sampdoria, the red lantern before this day, maintained their hopes of maintenance by dominating another relegated Hellas Verona (18th) thanks in particular to a double from Manolo Gabbiadini (3-1).
