JAKARTA - The 31st week of the Italian League ended with Napoli's important victory over AC Milan at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on Tuesday morning WIB.
The Partenopei won narrowly 1-0 thanks to Matteo Politano's dummy goal in the 79th minute.
Politano's right foot shot, as reported by Antara, was the determinant of the home team's victory and led to the near post being thwarted by AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan.
Napoli also climbed to second place in the Italian League standings with 65 points from 31 matches, overtaking Milan who dropped to third place with 63 points.
Milan are further behind in the title race and nine points behind Inter Milan who are firmly at the top of the table with 72 points.
Inter strengthened their position at the top of the table after winning 5-2 over AS Roma the day before, thanks to goals from Lautaro Martinez, Hakan Calhanoglu, Marcus Thuram, and Nicolo Barella. Two AS Roma counter-goals were scored by Gianluca Mancini and Lorenzo Pellegrin.
Results and standings of the 31st week of the Italian League:
Sassuolo 2-1 Cagliari• Verona 0-1 Fiorentina• Lazio 1-1 Parma• Cremonese 1-2 Bologna• Pisa 0-1 Torino• Inter Milan 5-2 AS Roma• Udinese 0-0 Como• Lecce 0-3 Atalanta• Juventus 2-0 Genoa• Napoli 1-0 AC MilanThe English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)