Napoli Beat AC Milan 2-1, Approach Inter Milan At The Top Of The Standings

Napoli stuck Inter Milan tight to the standings after crushing AC Milan 2-1 in the 30th week of the Italian League at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, Naples, Monday, March 31 in the morning WIB.

This victory left Napoli in second place in the Italian League standings with 64 points from 30 matches, three points adrift of Inter Milan in first place, Serie A notes.

On the other hand, the defeat left AC Milan still stuck in ninth position in the Italian League standings with 47 points from 30 matches, nine points from the top four.

In this match Napoli won thanks to goals from Matteo Politano and Romelu Lukaku, while AC Milan had reduced the gap through Luka Jovic.

Statistically Napoli excels in possession with 52 percent, while AC Milan creates more frequent threats with 17 kicks, four of which are on target.

Napoli took the initiative to attack this match and managed to take a quick lead through Matteo Politano's goal when the game had only been running for two minutes so the score changed to 1-0.

Antonio Conte's squad again demonstrated an attacking game and was able to double the lead to 2-0 thanks to a goal scored by Romelu Lukaku in the 19th minute.

Entering the second half, AC Milan had the opportunity to reduce the gap after getting a penalty kick because Napoli players violated the box.

Even so, the golden opportunity they got failed to be maximized by AC Milan as Santiago Gimenez's penalty kick was stopped by Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret.

AC Milan's efforts to reduce the gap and only produced results in the 84th minute through Luka Jovic's goal so that the score changed to 1-2.

In the remaining time, AC Milan continued to strive to at least equalize, but until the long whistle sounded, the score 2-1 for Napoli's advantage remained.