Naples is scuttled in Empoli and loses contact with the two Milan, Bologna annex
After the victory of Salernitana against Fiorentina (2-1), the 34th day of Serie A continued, this Sunday, with two meetings scheduled at 3 p.m. At Carlo Castellani, Empoli (14th, 34 pts) hosted Napoli (3rd, 67pts). The opportunity for the Partenopei to return to two lengths from Inter Milan, provisional leader pending the trip from AC Milan to Lazio this Sunday at 8:45 p.m. Master of the debates during the first act, Naples however lacked realism around the opponent’s area (9 shots, none on target in the first period) but ended up finding the fault just before the break thanks to Mertens (0-1, 44th ) . On returning from the locker room, Insigne quickly added to the score (0-2, 53rd) and neutralized the Neapolitans’ 21st success this season. But in the last ten minutes, the visitors totally scuttled each other.
Henderson (1-2, 80th) then Pinamonti, author of a double, (83rd, 88th) allowed Empoli to reverse the course of this meeting. With this frustrating defeat (2-3), Naples remains third place but is still three points behind AC Milan, which faces Laziales this Sunday evening (8:45 p.m.). In the other poster this afternoon, Udinese (12th, 39 pts) moved on the lawn of Bologna (13th, 38 pts). At Renato Dall’Ara, Sinisa Mihajlovic’s men entered this part perfectly and Hickey quickly offered the advantage to his team (1-0, 6th). Dominated in the first moments but far from being resigned, the Frioul club reacted in stride through Udogie (1-1, 25th). Held in check at the break, Udinese regained the advantage as soon as they returned from the locker room thanks to Success (1-2, 46th) but Sansone again put the two teams back to back shortly before the hour mark (2- 2, 59e). The score did not change and the two teams left back to back (2-2).