Napoli struggled, fought, but ultimately took home the three points and made it eight out of eight in the league. At the Maradona, Ivan Juric's Torino, the Neapolitans' "bête noire," also fell: a single goal, scored by the usual Osimhen late in the match, decided the match.
The big surprise in the starting eleven chosen by Spalletti is the goalkeeper: Ospina plays and not Meret, despite the late return of the Colombian from his national team commitments. For the rest, there are confirmations: in defense Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Koulibaly and Mario Rui; in midfield Anguissa and Fabian Ruiz, Zielinski as attacking midfielder together with Insigne and Politano on the outside. Osimhen is the only striker. Several absences instead for Torino, especially in attack: Pjaca out and only the bench for Belotti, with Juric relying on Sanabria.
Napoli got off to a positive start, thanks also to the usual Osimhen, who exploited the spaces left available by the Torino defense, striking dangerously in the opponent's area several times. The golden opportunity came in the 25th minute for the Azzurri: Di Lorenzo received the ball following a free kick, a bad sliding tackle by Kone knocked down the full-back and Napoli awarded a penalty. However, Insigne wasted the opportunity: the captain kicked weakly to the left of Milinkovic-Savic, who blocked the shot in two stages. The mistake fueled the guests, who pushed forward more frequently: the end of the half was therefore very confusing, with teams that were very long. This also favored the Granata, who however wasted two counterattacks in numerical superiority. At half-time, it was therefore still 0-0.
After a few minutes of possession by Toro, Napoli began to attack again with great danger. In the 56th minute, Di Lorenzo headed in a free kick taken by Mario Rui, but the VAR cancelled it after a few minutes of consultation for offside. The Azzurri then came very close to taking the lead again: Osimhen went on the counterattack and served Lozano, who hit the inside post with a diagonal shot. The Granata remained in the game and made their presence felt: the most important chances were for Brekalo, who however missed twice in front of goal (Ospina was decisive in one of these). In the most important moment of the match, the Azzurri once again relied on Victor Osimhen, the man of the match: Mertens crossed after a series of passes, the pinball machine favored the number 9. A header and the ball went into the corner for 1-0. It ended like this: the Azzurri climbed to 24 points, returned to the top of the table, overtaking Milan and extending their lead over Inter.
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