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Serie A | Napoli 0-3 Inter: Nerazzurri dominate champions

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Serie A | Napoli 0-3 Inter: Nerazzurri dominate champions

Inter secured the highest of the desk with a thumping victory away to reigning champions Napoli, due to stylish Hakan Calhanoglu, Nicolò Barella and Marcus Thuram objectives.

The reigning Champions of Italy received on Walter Mazzarri’s debut towards Atalanta and misplaced to Actual Madrid midweek in a 4-2 thriller. Victor Osimhen was again within the beginning XI two months after that thigh harm, however with Mario Rui and Mathias Olivera injured, Natan moved to left-back. Alessandro Bastoni and Benjamin Pavard had been nonetheless out of motion.

Eljif Elmas stepped in for not absolutely match Piotr Zielinski and inside 100 seconds had stung Yann Sommer’s gloves with a screamer from distance.

Marcus Thuram had the ball within the internet on 12 minutes after a give-and-go with Lautaro Martinez, however had wandered inches offside.

There was extra dangerous information for Inter, as Stefan de Vrij limped off with an adductor pressure simply 18 minutes in, changed within the again three by Carlos Augusto.

Elmas examined Sommer once more on the base of the close to put up, whereas Amir Rrahmani did simply sufficient to forestall Lautaro Martinez tapping within the Denzel Dumfries help after a cheeky Nicolò Barella no-look move.

Matteo Politano virtually scored towards his former membership with a rocket from vary that smashed towards the crossbar.

Inter additionally had an enormous alternative when Lautaro Martinez sprung the offside entice and acquired in entrance of Giovanni Di Lorenzo to flick the awkwardly bouncing ball, however Alex Meret bravely rushed out to parry from point-blank vary.

The impasse was damaged simply earlier than half-time when Dumfries nodded down a Federico Dimarco cross and Barella laid it off for Calhanoglu’s daisy-cutter from 20 metres out, taken first time with the best boot into the underside nook. Napoli had been livid, feeling Lautaro Martinez had fouled Stanislav Lobotka a lot earlier within the transfer.

Osimhen went down below a Francesco Acerbi problem catching the again of his ankle, however the referee waved play on and Kvaratskhelia’s ferocious angled drive was fingertipped inches vast.

Moments later, Inter doubled their lead with Barella’s first Serie A purpose of the season. Lautaro Martinez rolled throughout and the primary contact was decisive, steering it between Amir Rrahmani and Leo Ostigard, then with a shimmy of the hips getting himself by means of the hole to prod residence from six yards.

Lautaro Martinez ought to’ve made it 3-0 solely to balloon the Dumfries pull-back over from 12 yards. Osimhen noticed his glancing header graze a coat of paint off the far put up, then one other try on a nook was in some way stored out by Sommer from point-blank vary.

Inter held out below strain and added a 3rd late on, Barella discovering Juan Cuadrado down the best, with the ball rolled throughout the six-yard field for a Thuram tap-in.

Napoli 0-3 Inter

Calhanoglu 44 (I), Barella 61 (I), Thuram 85 (I)

03-12-2023 19:45

MatchDay 14

Stadio Diego Armando Maradona

Napoli

Inter

0 – 3

Participant statistic

1st half

44′

Hakan Calhanoglu

(Help: Nicolò Barella)

2nd half

Eljif Elmas	58′
	61′	Nicolò Barella (Help: Lautaro Martínez)
Amir Rrahmani	73′
	78′	Matteo Darmian
	85′	Marcus Thuram (Help: Juan Cuadrado)
	85′	Marcus Thuram