Superman has kryptonite and Napoli have Lazio! The Romans have beaten Antonio Conte’s crew twice in three days and showed that the battle for Scudetto is far from over. The previous match was way more interesting – after all, four goals were scored – while tonight’s provided little excitement. Each team hit the woodwork once in the second half – Dele-Bashiru for Lazio and Anguissa for Napoli.Still, the decisive moment happened in the 79th minute when Gustav Isaksen’s beauty stunned nearly 55,000 people at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona and brought Lazio a vital triumph – 1-0.🔵⚪️ Napoli 🆚 🔵⚪️ LazioGustav Isaksen: https://t.co/1KkmsFsmAf pic.twitter.com/iieSLi4Mlm— Wonderful Goals (@Toxxis) December 8, 2024 Unlike the Coppa Italia match three days ago when the fans could enjoy fantastic football, three goals, and a missed penalty, all before the break, tonight’s first half of a clash between Napoli and Lazio was the exact opposite – dull and uninteresting.Wake me up on Sunday when the time of Conte’s vengeance comesHeavy rain in the south of Italy could be an excuse, but two decent attempts – one on each side – in 45 minutes were far from the fireworks the crowd at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona expected, especially from a game between two title contenders. The closest to scoring for Lazio was Gustav Isaksen, whose effort from the edge of the box, Alex Meret superbly saved. On the other hand, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was the only one to threaten Ivan Provedel from a free kick, but his strike went narrowly wide off the right post.Six minutes into the second half, the Nigerian Fisayo Dele-Bashiru unleashed a long-distance “missile” which ended crashing against Meret’s goal’s crossbar. Still, up until that point, it was the most dangerous goal-scoring opportunity in the match.52′ Dele Bashiru spacca la traversa! @OfficialSSLazio vicinissima al vantaggio 🤯#NapoliLazio pic.twitter.com/uZbQLSLEvn— Lega Serie A (@SerieA) December 8, 2024 Napoli responded 20 minutes later when Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa hit the post with a header after a corner. Interestingly, Lazio boss, Marco Baroni opted to give a chance to a free-kick scorer from three days ago Tijjani Noslin only in the 72nd minute when the Dutchman replaced Taty Castellanos.And the 25-year-old made an instant impact as he perfectly kept the ball and initiated Lazio’s counter by finding Isaksen near Napoli’s box. The Dane dribbled the ball past Mathias Olivera and found the top right corner of Meret’s goal for the Romans’ immense joy – 1-0!Lazio stun Napoli for the second time this week 😮🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/y4Er5KgU7R— OneFootball (@OneFootball) December 8, 2024 Napoli failed to recover from shock and salvage at least a draw, suffering their third Serie A defeat of the season. Consequently, the Neapolitans lost the top spot after a long time, handing it to Atalanta. At the same time, Inter Milan and Fiorentina – which are one game down – will have a chance to outstrip Napoli, while Lazio redeemed themselves for the loss to Parma and now are only a point behind tonight’s rivals. The race for Scudetto is wild!SERIE A – MATCHDAY 15Friday Inter – Parma 3-1 (1-0)/Dimarco 40, Barella 56, Thuram 67 – Darmian 81 og/Atalanta – Milan 2-1 (1-1)/De Ketelaere 12, Lookman 87 – Morata 22/Saturday Genoa – Torino 0-0Juventus – Bologna 2-2 (0-1)/Koopmeiners 62, Mbangula 90+2 – Ndoye 30, Pobega 52/Roma – Lecce 4-1 (1-1)/Saelemaekers 13, Mancini 59, Pisilli 66, Kone 86 – Krstovic 40 pen/Sunday Fiorentina – Cagliari 1-0 (1-0)/Cataldi 24/Verona – Empoli 1-4 (1-4)/Tengstedt 35 – Esposito 16, 19, Cacace 32, Colombo 42/Venezia – Como 2-2 (1-0)/Pohjanpalo 16, Oristanio 70 – Candela 50 og, Belotti 56/Napoli – Lazio 0-1 (0-0)/Isaksen 79/Monday 22.45: (2.70) Monza (3.00) Udinese (2.90)***odds are subject to change***
