• Inter-Udinese 2-0, Correa brace

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31 October 2021 Napoli suffers with Salernitana but wins as a great team, keeping the championship lead. The Azzurri solve the Arechi derby thanks to Zielinski's goal in a second half characterized by two expulsions (Kastonos and Koulibaly) and a fiery final. Colantuono's team comes out with their heads held high, while the guests collect their tenth success out of eleven games (plus a draw). Spalletti surprises everyone, leaving Insigne on the bench for "internal discussions" and "situations to manage". Despite the revolutionized attack, which also pays for Osimhen's absence, the guests manage to arrive easily from the parts of Belec, at least initially. At 7 'the first chance is on the feet of Zielinski who fires high over the crossbar from a favorable position. Lozano also tries at 10 'with a gore, certainly not his trademark, which ends a few centimeters outside the big target. Salernitana defends herself in an orderly fashion but shows herself up front with a dropper.



Some technical errors of Napoli favor the hosts, also thanks to some hasty and poorly reasoned action of the Neapolitans. Arechi leads their heroes who deservedly close the first fraction with a clean sheet, albeit without the best Ribery in the open field. Mertens and Lozano do not convince Spalletti that he rejects his initial choices, inserting Petagna and Elmas. Just the latter is decisive in the action that leads to Zielinski's goal: after a beat and replies, the cold Pole Belec with a central conclusion in the 61st minute. The second twist of the evening takes place a few minutes later, in the 67th minute, when Kastanos intervenes with a hammer foot on Anguissa: Fabbri goes to review the action at the Var and assigns the red. On the other hand, there is no need for a monitor to expel Kalidou Koulibaly,protagonist of a foul by the last man on Simy in the 77th minute. Ribery tries in the final but Di Lorenzo denies him the goal from a free-kick with a save on the line. The final boarding of Salernitana (with high Gagliolo shot in recovery) is not enough to change the score of 0-1.