Matches of the day in Italy: "Napoli" is in crisis, "Atalanta" is back in the race for the scudetto (video)

This article will provide you with the main events that took place in Italian football on Sunday evening, with important information on the goals in the matches and the situation in the tournament table.

"Como" — "Napoli" 2:1
Goals: Rrahmani (7, own goal), Diao (77) — Raspadori (17).
Como — Bute, Valle, Kempf, Goldaniga, Smolcic, Pas (Duvikas, 90), Strefetssa (Vojvoda, 90), Da Cunha (Engelhardt, 81), Perrone, Cacre (Cutrone, 72), Diao (Fadera, 81).
"Napoli" — Meret, Buongiorno, Rrahmani, Di Lorenzo, Spinatssola, Maktominey, Lobotka (Okafor, 84), Billing (Zambo-Angissa, 62), Politano (Ngonj, 77), Raspadori, Lukaku (Simeone, 62).
Warnings: Pas (24), Di Lorenzo (68), McTominay (83), Simeone (87).

The day before, Milan goalkeeper Mengan had scored a ridiculous own goal by kicking the ball towards his teammate Tschau. The day after, Napoli defender Rrahmani, wanting to challenge him, made a powerful pass towards the goal without looking back, but Meret was not ready for this. Raspadori, who has been a lifesaver for his team with his goals in Lukaku's absence, equalized soon after, but the Neapolitans failed to take a single point home.

Having strengthened the team in the winter, Cesc Fabregas is taking Como to a new level. The debutants from Serie B won at Fiorentina in the previous round, and this time they defeated one of the contenders for the Scudetto. Betis trainee Assane Diallo, who is adapting easily to Italy, also made his name on the scoreboard in this match. The 19-year-old forward, who ran away from defenders after a pass from Nico Paz, scored his fifth goal in his eighth Serie A game. This is the highest rate of any player of his age in the top five leagues.

The youngster has left Cutrone on the bench and is leading Como out of the relegation zone. Napoli have dropped points for the fourth time in a row and have lost three games after a draw. Antonio Conte's team must beat Inter Milan at the weekend to regain the lead. This match will be a championship game.

Empoli 0-5 Atalanta
Goals: Gyasi (27, own goal), Reteghi (33), Lookman (43, 55), Zappacosta (74).
"Empoli" — Silvestri, Kakache, De Shiloh, Goglichidze, Grassi (Jurkovski, 72), Male (Kovalenko, 83), Henderson, Petscella, Gyasi (Sambia, 57), Esposito (Campanello, 72), Kouame (Colombo, 58).
"Atalanta" — Carnezekki, Kolasinac, Jimsiti (Toloi, 63), Posh, Lukman (Cuadrado, 76), de Ketelare (Ederson, 63), Dzappacosta (Ruggeri, 86), Pashalich (Breshianini, 76), de Ron, Bellanova, Retegui.
Warning: Carnezecki (67).

Despite a strong performance in the Champions League group stage, Atalanta, who failed to make it to the top eight and were narrowly beaten by Club Brugge in the play-offs, were left in a bitter defeat by Empoli. The Bergamo team also scored their only goals against Club Brugge on Sunday. Midway through the first half, Zappacosta's cross into the penalty area was headed by Ghassi, who headed into the net, whetting the appetite of the visitors. Lookman, who missed a crucial penalty in the Euro Cup and was given a scolding by his coach, scored twice. The Nigerian is currently the only player in his team to score at least ten goals in the Italian championship for the third season in a row. The main thing is that Gian Piero Gasperini's team is back in the fight for the scudetto. Only three points separate them from first place.

"Cagliari" — "Juventus" 0:1
Goal: Vlahovic (12).
Cagliari — Caprile, Zappa, Mina, Luperto, Aujello, Zortea (Marin, 70), Adopo (Viola, 70), Makumbu (Pavoletti, 86), Deyola (Coman, 58), Felici (Luvumbu, 46), Piccoli.
Juventus — Di Gregorio, Vea, Gatti, Kelly, Cambiazo (Ruhi, 73), Kopmeyners (Kolo-Muani, 62), Locatelli (Thuram, 73), Concessau (Louis 62, Mbangula 82), McKenney, Yildiz, Vlahovic
Warning: Vea (49).

Another unfortunate Champions League participant has the opportunity to turn all his attention to the domestic championship. Juventus took advantage of the defeat of Lazio and won in Sardinia to move up to fourth place. The Turin team, who finished their matches on Sunday, put on strong pressure from the first minutes and it became clear that Thiago Motta made the right choice in choosing a striker. Vlahovic, who has been losing the competition with Kolo Mouani in recent rounds, came on the field with great enthusiasm. The Serbian striker, having anticipated a mistake from the defender, deceived the goalkeeper and scored an empty goal from an acute angle. It was Vlahovic's 50th goal for Juventus (42+8) and he took a serious step towards returning to the main team.

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