http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ezequiel-Lavezzi-c13073’s second-half strike helps 10-men Azzurri to compile misery for Claudio Ranieri and his men at Stadio San Paolo.
Napoli beat Inter Milan 1-0 in round 25 fixture of the ongoing season at Stadio San Paolo on Sunday, February 27.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ezequiel-c13065 Lavezzi scored his third goal in the last two matches to move the Partenopei side to fifth spot in the Serie A standings.
Walter Mazzarri made one change to his team from the recent win over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786; Marek Hamsik missed the game through suspension and was replaced by Blerim Dzemaili in the starting line-up.
On the other hand, Marco Faraoni replaced http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-Milito-c11166 in a 4-4-2 formation.
Napoli enjoyed good spell of early possession, but they had to wait until the 23rd minute to test the Nerazzurri goalkeeper. Dzemaili let fly a powerful strike from the edge of the box, and Julio Cesar made a wonderful finger tip save to deny
the host’s.
Moments later, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Edinson-Cavani-c11955 jumped highest to meet a cross from Lavezzi, but the Uruguayan’s headed effort whistled centimetres over the bar.
The Beneamata’s only chance of the half came just before the half-time whistle, as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wesley-c36794 Sneijder’s curling effort from outside the box missed the Napoli goal by few inches.
Ranieri made a double change during the break, as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Giampaolo-Pazzini-c14802 replaced Sneijder and Forlan.
The second-half witnessed a slow start, as chances were hard to come by for both teams.
However, the first real goal-scoring opportunity of the half resulted in Napoli taking the lead. Dzemaili made a lovely run in the Inter box before spraying a pass to Lavezzi, whose low drive from outside the box found the back of the net and made it 1-0
for the host’s.
Walter Mazzarri’s side deserved to take the lead, as they looked to extend their advantage.
Tempers frayed as Inter looked for an equaliser, as both teams were involved in rugged challenges. The referee lost his patience, as he showed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Salvatore-Aronica-c32276 a straight red-card for a cynical foul on a visiting defender.
Inter looked completely out of sorts, and never threatened to get back on level terms. The Nerazzurri had a lovely opportunity to equalise three minutes before the full-time whistle, but Yuto Nagatomo’s pinpoint cross was headed wide from six yards by unmarked
Pazzini.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003 did not look too convincing, but they managed to limp to a close fought win.
Napoli: De Sanctis; Campagnaro, Cannavaro, Aronica; Maggio, Gargano, Inler, Zuniga; Dzemaili (Dossena 88); Lavezzi (Britos 82); Cavani
Inter: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lucio-c22597, Samuel, Nagatomo; Zanetti, Stankovic (Poli 67), Cambiasso; Sneijder (Cordoba 46); Forlan (Pazzini 46), Milito
Napoli will take on Parma in their next game on Sunday, March 4, while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 will face Catania the same day.
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