While waiting for the meeting between Atalanta Bergamo and Sampdoria Genoa which will close the 27th day of Serie A on Monday evening, Napoli, third at kick-off, had a great opportunity to take the lead in the championship and so sanction the respective missteps of Inter Milan and AC Milan, held in check this weekend. Opposed to Lazio Rome, the Partenopei, eliminated from the Europa League by FC Barcelona, also hoped to revive after two consecutive draws in Serie A. For its part, the Roman club, recently held in check by Udinese (1 -1), could join the top 5 if successful. A start to the game that Maurizio Sarri’s men managed quite well and where Immobile lit the first fuse, narrowly missing the goal held by Ospina (9th).
In a globally balanced first act, the locals thought they would open the scoring but Milinkovic-Savic this time fell on a very inspired Ospina (41st). Back to back at the break, the two teams made their return to the lawn of the Stadio Olimpico and the debates would quickly ignite. Very close to opening the scoring (52nd), Anderson finally saw Insigne open the scoring for Napoli with a magnificent strike from the right (0-1, 62nd). In the last half hour, Napoli even thought of doubling the bet but Insigne’s double was finally invalidated by the VAR (69th) and the visitors were going to regret it. At the very end of the game, Pedro equalized (1-1, 88th) but in the dying seconds Ruiz, hero of the evening, finally restored the advantage to his team (1-2, 90 + 4th) to allow Naples to double the two Milan and take the lead in the championship. Lazio remains 7th.
The official line-ups at kick-off
Lazio starting XI
📋 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐙𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐄 📋 Qui per vedere la partita su @DAZN_IT ➡️ https://t.co/mXAcI7pWIP pic.twitter.com/gZ8Oq9AlLM
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Napoli XI
📃 StartingXI: Ospina, Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Koulibaly, Mario Rui, Demme, Fabian, Politano, Zielinski, Insigne, Osimhen.#LazioNapoli💙 #ForzaNapoliSempre pic.twitter.com/RFoA2ZB2Gr
— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) February 27, 2022
