Liverpool-Napoli 2-0. Despite the defeat, the first of the season, Spalletti’s team closes in first place in its group The chronicle Bayern Munich beats Inter 2-0. The goals, in the pt at 32 ‘of Pavard, in the st at the 27’ of Choupo-Moting. The chronicle
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Networks in st 40 ‘Salah, 52’ Nunez. (HANDLE)
Napoli is defeated by Anfield (2-0) losing the unbeaten season, but still wins first place in the Champions League group. In order to overtake the Azzurri in the standings, Liverpool would have had to win by at least four goals. The defeat of Napoli matures in the last minutes of the game on two equal actions. An English striker’s header in the center of the box on a football from the flag, with conclusions countered by Meret and touched in the net by another Liverpool player. At 40 ‘it is Salah who scores and in the seventh minute of recovery Nunez scores, excessively punishing Spalletti’s team that does not give up and faces the Reds on equal terms and without awe. Spalletti relies on a more solid midfield in which they play together for the first time, on the sides of Lobotka, Anguissa and Ndombelè. Klopp responds by changing the traditional 4-3-3 to a 4-4-2 with the young Jones placed on the left outside lane and with the attacking game entrusted to the Salah-Firmino couple. The game is blocked with Liverpool which puts it on the level of physicality thus trying to impose their game. But Napoli does not get crushed that much. Spalletti’s team fights and returns blow for blow. The first half is very tactical and this makes the game unspectacular, with very few chances that the two teams manage to obtain to take the lead. The only real emotion, in the first part of the game, comes with a shot from the edge of the penalty area by Thiago Alcantara, in the 29th minute that Meret rejects after a flight on his left. In the second half the competitive depth of the match increases significantly. Napoli scores after 8 ‘with a header by Ostigard from a free-kick from the left kicked by Kvaratskhelia, but the referee cancels following a signal from the Var after a check that lasted several minutes because the position of the Napoli defender is irregular for a few centimeters . The game is more open but despite the greater propensity of the two teams to play offensive, the scoring opportunities come with the dropper. Kvaratskhelia tries with a shot blocked by Allisson and then Salah with a scrum shot that does not particularly worry Meret. In the final match Spalletti made Kvaratskhelia and Lobotka breathe and after a few minutes the goal of Liverpool’s advantage arrived. The Azzurri react vehemently, probably because they feel they do not deserve the disadvantage, but are unable to build dangerous opportunities. The game ends with the final joke that condemns Napoli but only in the result because in the end those who can really rejoice are the Neapolitans who thanks to the five victories already achieved conquer the first place in the standings and can now hope for a more favorable draw.
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Networks in pt 32 ‘Pavard, in st 27’ Choupo-Moting (ANSA)
Inter fall in Munich, but it is a defeat that does little harm to Simone Inzaghi’s Nerazzurri. Pavard and Choupo-Moting give the Bavarians the three points, who make history by closing the group with six wins in six games for the second season in a row (and the third in the last four years). Inter, already qualified and already mathematically sure of second place behind Nagelsmann’s Germans, had little or nothing to ask for the challenge of the Allianz Arena, with Inzaghi giving space to some second line such as Bellanova and Asllani, making rest several among its holders. Yet the start of the Nerazzurri was for those who did not show up in Germany on a trip. Barella immediately starred, with two dangerous conclusions from the edge in the first few minutes. The second, however, deflected by Manè with his hands: the Slovak referee Kruzliak at the Var, however, does not grant the penalty, despite the Nerazzurri protests. Bayern are growing, but Inter are still creating the greatest dangers with Lautaro who, served by Gosens, fails to break the deadlock. The Bavarians, however, come out at a distance after the good Nerazzurri start, taking control of the match. And at the first great opportunity they pass thanks to Pavard, who takes advantage of a revisable marking by Lautaro to beat Onana with a header from a corner. Inter did not find a consistent reaction, on the contrary Nagelsmann’s men still show themselves dangerously in the parts of Onana with Manè and Coman. In the second half the Nerazzurri found the equalizer with Acerbi, but it is only an illusion given that the former Lazio starts from an offside position. It is in fact the last Inter flash, because for the rest Bayern controls the game without excessive worries. Finding, indeed, the goal of doubling with a great conclusion from the distance of Choupo-Moting that slips into the seven to the right of Onana. A goal that effectively closes the match except for a couple of potential opportunities for Edin Dzeko, also because Inzaghi looks to Sunday’s match against Juventus by letting some big players rest and avoiding problems in a wary key (Lautaro Martinez and Bastoni were) towards the second round of final. On Monday, the Nerazzurri will meet their rivals, but in the meantime we need to think about the championship again, with the Italian derby another fundamental challenge to continue aiming for a comeback in the standings.
