Napoli do not tremble, they win authoritatively on a very difficult field, moreover against a team that has been their bête noir for a couple of years: the 0-1 on the Atalanta field launches the Azzurri increasingly to the top of the standings with 54 points in 21 games. However Monday's postponement between Juventus and Genoa ends, Sarri's men will still be first solo.
The match is balanced in the first half, with a not brilliant Atalanta but which closes all the spaces to Napoli, who are struggling to take the reins of the game. Then the shock in the second half, col decisive goal by Mertens, in a dubious offside position. The images at the moment are not unequivocal and therefore the Var does not intervene, but the episode causes discussion after the mistakes of Crotone (hands of Mertens) and Cagliari (hands of Bernardeschi).
But the one between Naples and Juventus is not a duel to the last referee episode: Sarri's boys legitimize the result by touching the double several times, indeed finding it with Hamsik (goal disallowed, but this time it seemed more regular than not). Atalanta, that last year left zero points to Campania and who eliminated them from the Italian Cup this year by winning at the San Paolo, is no longer the bete noire of the Azzurri.
