Napoli traveled to Piedmont this Sunday afternoon to challenge the Torino club on the pitch of the Olimpico-Grande Torino stadium, during the 19th day of Serie A. While the Granata very quickly raised their voice, it It was Antonio Sanabria who opened the scoring to reward Turin’s domination (43rd). In the second act, the new winter recruit who came into play, Pasquale Mazzocchi, was sent off on his first intervention, leaving the Neapolitans at ten. The punishment was immediate since Nikola Vlasic doubled the lead on the following action (52nd). And finally from a corner, Alessandro Buongirono delivered a powerful helmet strike to seal the victory (66th). With this victory (3-0), Torino takes valuable points and gets closer to the very tight race for Europe, while Naples remains in an anecdotal 9th place, just ahead of the Granata.
In the other match played simultaneously, Lazio traveled to Friolu to face Udinese on the Stadio Friuli pitch. Despite a slight domination of the locals, it was the Romans who opened the scoring thanks to Luca Pellegrini (12th). In the second act, Walace equalized (59th) but Matias Vecino then offered victory to his team (76th). With this victory (1-2), Maurizio Sarri’s players give themselves some breathing room by taking a nice 6th position, while the Zebrettes flirt with the red zone and a more than worrying 16th place.
