A phase of Sassuolo-Napoli (Ansa)

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01 December 2021 After the coup at San Siro, Sassuolo also stops Napoli at the 'Mapei Stadium'.

Spalletti's men wasted two goals ahead and were caught at 2-2 almost at the end of Ferrari's goal, for a point that allows them to keep the top of the table but also to Milan and Inter to shorten.



She is the leaders who immediately try to make the game, once again with Mertens at the end of the attack supported by Lozano, Zielinski and Insigne. It is the latter two who become more dangerous: the Pole sends high in a turn from a good position, the blue captain instead tries to surprise Councils with a peak shot, but the neroverde goalkeeper is exalted with a nice reflex. On the other hand, Ospina's answer is ready: at the sunset of the first fraction, Sassuolo tries to develop a corner with Ferrari that stops and turns in a few moments, a play as a pure attacker defused only by the intervention of the extreme Colombian defender.



The second half opens with Elmas in place of a bruised Insigne, but Napoli finds the way to the net in the sixth minute: Mertens' blitz in pressing, Zielinski serves Fabian Ruiz to the limit who, with his left-handed, does not forgive for the 1-0 . With the match finally unlocked, the Neapolitans can spread into the most open spaces and in the 59th minute they double: Zielinski still decisive as an assist man, the rest is done by Mertens with a delicious control and coldness in front of goal. The Belgian then gives way to Petagna, as does Fabian Ruiz (not at his best) for Politano, on his return after coronavirus positivity. Just when the game is channeled on quiet tracks, a flash of Scamacca rekindles it: stop and a very violent turn that leaves Ospina no chance in the 72nd minute. Napoli drops, Koulibaly also loses (inside Juan Jesus) and in the 89th minutecomes the joke: Berardi brushes a free kick from the trocar, Ferrari stands higher than all and scores 2-2. In the final, Spalletti was also sent off for protests at the referee Pezzuto who, a few seconds later, canceled the goal of what would have been the 3-2 neroverde with Defrel at the Var.