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by Gianluca Luceri 23 June 2020Naples still with the specials on after the triumph in the Italian Cup. Gattuso's team also scored in the championship restart, with the big hit (0-2) at the home of Verona, hard bone (especially at 'Bentegodi') and great revelation of this season. Partenopei in evident ascent and now sixths at -3 from Rome. Scaligeri still at high altitude (eighth place) and always in the Europa League area, a dream which however appears more distant today.

First start at 19 'with the thrust of Zielinski, Silvestri is opposed. Then the Scaligeri were extremely dangerous on the Pharaohs-Verre axis, with the latter failing to push the net shoulder-chest (23 '). Ospina stretches on Di Carmine's left-handed (29 '), at 38' the Neapolitans put the arrow: corner of Politano, winning detachment of the Polish Milik, at the 10th seasonal stamp. Before the break, Hellas tries to respond with Veloso's big shot from distance (43 '): Ospina, still reactive, lifts over the crossbar.

The recovery opens with the opportunity of Allan (low shot): Silvestri takes a piece. At 54 'it is the turn of Politano, but the yellow-blue number one still responds. At 61 ', the men of Juric remain in the throat with the scream of joy for the equal of Pharaohs, who is short-lived: the referee Easter, called by the Var, cancels for a previous hand by Zaccagni, author of the cross. Whirlwind of changes, declining rhythms but match that still has something to tell in the queue, and it is not good news for Verona (90 '): Silvestri denies the 0-2 to Insigne but the doubling arrives a few seconds by the newly entered Lozano, who closes the matter.   

Spal-Cagliari 0-1
The last smile of Cagliari was dated 2 December 2019 (14th day, 4-3 at Sampd): thirteen games after (and almost seven months passed) the Sardinians return to victory by conquering 0-1 on 'Bat'. Very heavy defeat for the Spal, penultimate, whose hopes of salvation become increasingly slender (-7 from the fourth Genoa, who has yet to play).

The heat is the real protagonist of a first half stingy with emotions. Better than the Sardinians, however, who try to play and try with a nice punishment from Rog (good Letica) and Joao Pedro (weak conclusion), even if there seems to be missing a stacker there. Hosts (almost) not received: a high shot by Strefezza in the recovery of the first half and nothing more.

Shooting. After an attempt to fly the red and blue Pellegrini out of not much (50 '), in the quarter of an hour of shooting Petagna tries to shake her: she receives the ball on the trocar, reaches the edge of the area and kicks, but in a way too soft : no problem for Olsen. At 84 'double sharp ball-goal for Spal, who on Fares's low assist fails to hit the center either with Cerri, stopped by a super Olsen, or with Petagna (high shot from an excellent position). In full recovery, Cagliari scratches: Letica rejects short on the conclusion of Rog, Joao Pedro arrives there and puts in the middle for the winning shot of Simeone, who gives Zenga the first success on the Sardinian bench.