Napoli defeats Inter Milan and regains the top spot in the Italian League | sports

Napoli, the defending champion, clinched the summit of the eighth stage of the Italian Football Championship when it defeated its guest, Inter, the runner-up, 3-1 today, Saturday, at the “Diego Armando Maradona” stadium in Naples, and regained the lead.

Belgian Kevin De Bruyne (33, from a penalty kick), Scottish Scott McTominay (54), and Cameroonian Andre-Frank Zambo Inguesa (66) scored Napoli’s goals, and Turkish Hakan Calhanoglu (59, from a penalty kick) scored Inter’s goal.

Coach Antonio Conte’s men returned to winning ways after two consecutive losses, the first a surprise in the league against Torino 0-1 last Saturday, and the second humiliating against its Dutch host PSV Eindhoven 2-6 on Tuesday in the third round of the Champions League competition.

Napoli achieved its sixth victory in the league this season, compared to two losses, raising its score to 18 points and regaining the lead by one point against Milan, which fell into a 2-2 draw against its guest Pisa on Friday at the opening of the stage.

On the other hand, Inter suffered its third loss this season in the league and the first after 4 consecutive victories, so its score froze at 15 points and fell to fourth place on goal difference behind Roma, which has the chance to catch Napoli to the top spot if it wins against its host Sassuolo on Sunday at the end of the stage.

Udinese returns to winning ways

Udinese returned to winning ways by defeating its guest, Lecce, 3-2.

Udinese seemed on their way to achieving an easy victory when they advanced with a clean brace in the first half scored by Swedish Jesper Kallstrom (16) and English Keenan Davis (37), but Lecce reduced the gap at the beginning of the second half through Albanian Midon Berisha (59).

Udinese waited for the 89th minute to restore the gap to its previous state with a third goal scored by Polish Adam Buksa, but Konan Nedry reduced it again in the sixth minute of stoppage time.

It is the third win for Udinese this season and the first after two losses and two draws, raising its score to 12 points and falling to eighth place, while Lecce suffered its fourth loss this season, so its score froze at 6 points in 16th place.

Como fell into the trap of a goalless draw against his host Parma and wasted the opportunity to catch up with Inter, Napoli and Roma to second place, even if temporarily.

Como settled for one point, raising his score to 13 points, compared to 7 points for Parma’s 15.

The stage concludes tomorrow, Sunday, with meetings between Turin and Genoa, Verona and Cagliari, Fiorentina and Bologna, and Lazio and Juventus.