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Napoli scored twice before halftime and touched the wood three times before hanging on to a 2-1 win over Lazio at 10 men in Serie A on Sunday.
Football – Serie A – Napoli v Lazio – Stadio San Paolo, Napoli, Italy – 20 January 2019 Napoli's Arkadiusz Milik scores his second goal REUTERS / Alberto Lingria
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MILAN: Napoli scored twice before half-time and was remarked three times in Serie A's 2-1 win over Lazio on Sunday. Defender Francesco Acerbi was sent off to end his remarkable series of 149 consecutive games.
The win, their 15th in 20 league games this season, left Napoli second in the league six points behind Juventus, who will host Chievo on Monday, as Lazio lose their place in the Champions League.
Acerbi was omnipresent since October 2015 in all competitions, first for Sbaduolo, then for Lazio, following his move at the beginning of the season.
After playing 148 games in a row, remaining on the pitch 90 minutes each, the 30-year-old's run ended with a second yellow card for a foul on Jose Callejon in the 70th minute.
As a result, he will be suspended for the next home game against Juventus.
Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi, however, argued that Acerbi should not have been fired.
"I'm sorry because we came back to 2-1 and it was 25 minutes, Acerbi clearly took the ball, and maybe even his opponent, these are episodes we have been accused of recently."
Arkadiusz Milik flew to the post and Thomas Strakosha's header was pushed back before Jose Callejon picked the hosts ahead with his first goal of the season in the 34th minute.
Milik doubled Napoli's score three minutes later by placing an exquisite free kick in the top corner.
Fabian Ruiz scored a shot from the left foot against the top of the table early in the second period, but Ciro Immobile reduced the arrears in the 65th minute with a shot between the legs of defender Raul Albiol.
Although Francesco Acerbi was sent off for a second yellow card shortly afterwards, Lazio did enough for Napoli's life to be hindered towards the end and the final whistle was welcomed with immense relief by the crowd. from San Paolo.
With 47 points, Napoli has widened the gap by seven points with Inter, third. AS Roma's 3-2 victory in Turin took fourth place, the last of the Champions League places, with 33 points. point in the fifth. "We had hard times and we could have handled some of them better, there were naive mistakes, but overall the quality was excellent," said the coach. Napoli, Carlo Ancelotti.
(Report by Brian Homewood, edited by Tony Lawrence)
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