In the first half he decides the striker with a masterful punishment that deceives Falcone

by our correspondent Gregorio Spigno

May 3, 2025 (modification at 20:15) – Lecce

And who knows, how are you first at +6 on the second? Conte, yes. Napoli suffers as rarely happened this season but takes away three very heavy points from the Via del Mare of Lecce and at least for a few hours it does not detach Inter second. It is clearly early to evaluate whether the sprint can be decisive or not, but the shot is in any case burning. Because now the pressure returns to Simone Inzaghi’s shoulders again, who if this evening does not win at San Siro against Verona risks greeting the Scudetto ambitions definitively. To decide a poor challenge of sharp occasions is in fact a kick -liked kick that sends Napoli in orbit and gives the blues a victory in full “count” style: dirty, of sacrifice, built through every brick of a practically unassailable defensive wall.

Stop & Go

Before the street, the stadium is all for Graziano Fiorita, the physiotherapist of Lecce who passed away on April 24 while the Giallorossi team prepared the match against Atalanta in Coccaglio. Flower crowns, minute of silence with both teams gathered together near the Lecce bench and great emotion. In the field we start and Lukaku is enough 100 seconds to deflect a Politano shot on the door, but the Belgian heel is beyond the last defender: the Var intervenes and cancels for (very few) centimeters. At 5 ‘, as scheduled, the protest of the Lecce fans is unleashed. In the North Curve today it is forbidden to dress in yellow and red, the clove of the hottest supporters is a black stain as a sign of mourning in which flags and banners do not fly. And after the initial silence of protest to the imposition of the League to play the game of Bergamo, last Sunday, the torches, smoke bombs, firecrackers, of everything fly. At a constant pace. The referee Massa is forced to suspend the game to avoid further damage. After a stop of about 5 ‘we start again, and at 24’ unlocks raspadori on punishment. The attacker is talked about with MCTominay before kicking and off to the scheme: the Scottish runs to add to the barrier, Raspadori puts him in the sights and hits. MCTominay lowers and Falcone is slipped on his pole. Lecce reacts with anger, tries to take the field and touches the tie with Gaspar but his header slams on the crossbar. At the end of the first half Raspadori has the brace ball but it chokes the left -handed too much and sends out just outside.

opposite poles

Giampaolo tries to exploit the positive moment with the entrances of Morente and Helgason, Conte must give up Lobotka Ko who leaves room for Gilmour. Napoli doubles with a header from Olivera but the previous charge of MCTominay on Falcone makes the goal irregular. To touch the good network is the Lecce with the successor Helgason who kicks strongly and with a detour committing Meret. The Icelande is the over more than the Giallorossi: Giampaolo’s team is alive, it sniffs the smell of fear and still Helgason risks surprising the blue goalkeeper from a standstill by sending a punishment to millimeters from the pole. Become a siege. It is only played in the mid -field of Napoli and the push of 28,000 of the Via del Mare “risks” to become a factor. Conte tries and manages to restore some order by inserting Billing for raspadori, Lecce continues to push but increases tiredness. Factor that makes the game of Napoli: after 6 ‘of recovery it ends like this. The blues fly more and more in command of the championship, Lecce remains bogged down in the struggle not to retreat.



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