Naples is there. Roma and Juventus were warned, Benitez's team didn't miss a beat and found their 9th victory in the league against Catania, the third in a row after those obtained with Turin and Fiorentina. Yesterday's match was easy on paper, but many wondered if Napoli would deal with it in the right way, without being conditioned by the imminent (and decisive) Champions League match against Marseille. The answer came after just 20 minutes, when Callejon and Hamsik had already steered the match. Which then reopened thanks to Castro's goal, but more for the statistics than for what we saw on the pitch.
Benitez rests Mertens and Inler, for the rest the men are those already seen in Florence, with the exception of the disqualified Maggio. And the only bad news of the evening came from his substitute Mesto: in the 7th minute the full-back injured his knee and was forced to leave the field. But Napoli is in the evening and in the 15th minute they find the goal with Callejon, who sends the ball under the crossroads with an applause left foot. Five minutes later Marek Hamsik, not to be outdone, used the same foot to double his lead and bring down the San Paolo with another splendid goal.
It all seems easy, but Catania doesn't agree and in the 25th minute Castro scores the goal that calls everything into question. From then on, however, there is only Napoli, so much so that the real challenge becomes that between Higuain and Andujar. Pipita tries to score in every way, but the Catania goalkeeper, also his compatriot, closes the gate. Opportunities also came from Callejon, Albiol and Hamsik, but the result never changed. The Azzurri win 2-1, thus obtaining three very important points. First of all to respond to Juventus, who had conquered Parma a few hours earlier, then to put some pressure on leaders Roma. Napoli is there, and how if there is!
