Napoli tightens the screws on Milan in the Italian League title race
Napoli boosted its hopes of competing for the Italian Football League title this season, after its precious 3-1 victory over its host Atalanta, today, Sunday, in the thirty-first stage of the competition.
The results of the rest of the matches of the stage resulted in the victory of Roma against its host Sampdoria 0 / 0, Fiorentina its guest Empoli with the same result, and Udinese its guest Cagliari 5/1.
The balance of Napoli, which achieved its third victory in a row in the competition, rose to 66 points, in second place In the competition arrangement, the difference in direct confrontations behind Milan (the leaders), equal with him in the same balance, before his meeting with his guest Bologna tomorrow, Monday.
On the other hand, Atalanta's balance froze at 51 points in seventh place, giving its chances of participating in the Champions League next season a painful blow, in light of its 8 points behind Juventus, the fourth-placed, the last qualifying place for the prestigious continental competition.
Lorenzo Insigne opened the scoring for Napoli in the 13th minute with a penalty kick, while Matteo Politano added the second goal in the 37th minute.
Martin de Ron reduced the difference by scoring a goal for Atalanta in the 58th minute, but Elif Elmas eliminated Atalanta's hopes of a tie, after scoring the third goal for Napoli in the 81st minute.
Roma kept their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League next season, after their difficult 1-0 victory over Sampdoria.
The balance of Roma, which achieved its fourth victory in its last five meetings in the competition, rose to 54 points, advancing to fifth place, while the balance of Sampdoria, who won its 18th loss in the championship this season and fourth in its last five matches in the competition, stopped at 29 points in sixth place. ten.
Roma owes a great deal of thanks in achieving this victory to its Armenian star Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who scored the team's only goal in the 27th minute.
Fiorentina beat its guest Empoli 1-0 earlier today, to avoid losing for the fourth consecutive match in the tournament.
Nicolas Gonzalez scored the only goal of the match for Fiorentina in the 58th minute.
Empoli's Sebastian Loberto was sent off, after receiving a second yellow card in the 57th minute.
Fiorentina raised its score to 50 points in eighth place, while Empoli's balance froze at 33 points in 14th place.
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