Naples grabbed three points to keep their fight with Milan and Roma for European positions, where they already gained a place after conquering the Coppa of Italy. After eight consecutive days fitting in, the Gennaro Gattuso team kept their goal to zero against Sassuolo (2-0) in a very strange match, where the VAR annulled four goals to the visitors for offside.

Naples' defensive plan, which did not even take hold after Elseid Hysaj's 1-0 early riser , was put to the test by the team led by Roberto de Zerbi . After half an hour, Filip Djuricic beat David Ospina , but one of the line judges canceled the 1-1 offside.

From that moment on, everything became complicated for Gianluca Aureliano , the afternoon referee in San Paolo. After 36 minutes, Djuricic used a rebound from Ospina after a shot by Hamed Junior Traore to send the ball to the net. However, the endless consultation with the VAR ended with Traore's previous offside nullification.

Allan's sentence

Naples, who on August 8 will visit the Camp Nou in the knockout stages of the Champions League, could not find a way to neutralize the constant approaches of the Emilia-Romagna team. As soon as they returned from the break, the VAR frustrated the tie of Francesco Caputo and shortly afterwards he denied Domenico Berardi 1-1 for offside. On both occasions, the referee's final decision came when the local footballers were already preparing to kick off.

The locals, freed from so much suffering, put together an opportunity culminated with a shot by Matteo Politano to the post. Finally, already in the second minute of added time, Allan punished the brave Sassuolo with the final 2-0.

Despite the logical disappointment, De Zerbi did not want to blame the VAR for its defeat. "We did well with and without the ball, but we lacked conviction to achieve all three points," said the Sassuolo coach.

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