Serie A Week 12: Result INTER 1 – 0 NAPOLI, Wednesday 16 December 2020

https://www.italiansoccerseriea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Anna_Italia_bigger.jpgBy Anna Italia
Follow me in Twitter ,
Facebook: Anna Italia Page
Instagram: annaitalia2
Italian Soccer Serie A

41% Ball Possession INTER and 59% Ball Possession NAPOLI
Inter 1 – 0 Napoli
73′ Romelu Lukaku (pen)

 

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Inter, 2nd position with 24 points and a positive goal difference of +14
Napoli, 3rd position with 23 points and a positive goal difference of +15

Inter increasing the sprint race to catch up AC Milan the leader.  Inter win the Serie A Week 12 game defeating Napoli on Wednesday 16 December 2020 at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy.   Inter reaches 27 points being only -1 point below AC Milan with 28 points.  Napoli stepped down from the 3rd to the 4th position remaining with 23 points.

The game went all wrong for Napoli starting from the 16th minute when forward Dries Mertens went off injured.  Making matters worst, Napoli remained with 10 players since the 72nd minute when forward Lorenzo Insigne got a red card.


👉 Here is INTER official starting lineup – formation by Coach Antonio Conte:

INTER (3-5-2): Handanovic; Skriniar, De Vrij, Bastoni; Darmian, Barella, Brozovic, Gagliardini, Young; Lukaku, Lautaro.

👉 Here is NAPOLI official starting lineup – formation by Coach Gennaro Gattuso:

NAPOLI (4-3-3): Ospina; Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Bakayoko, Demme, Zielinski; Lozano, Mertens, Insigne.

================================
Buy SSC Napoli Tickets

Buy Inter Tickets

================================

Click the video to watch Inter – Napoli highlights on Wednesday 16 December 2020.

Referee Davide Massa from the section of Imperia will be assisted by Filippo Meli from the section of Parma and Stefano Alassio from the section of Imperia. The fourth official will be Francesco Forneau from the section of Roma 1. The VAR will be Gianpaolo Calvarese from the section of Teramo and the AVAR will be Stefano Del Giovane from the section of Albano Laziale.

2020 – 2021 Italian Serie A Week 12

Inter 1 – 0 Napoli
Wednesday 16 December 2020
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Milan, Italy

20:45

Referee: MASSA
Assistants: MELI – ALASSIO
Fourth Official: FOURNEAU
VAR: CALVARESE
AVAR: DEL GIOVANE

Goals: 73′ Romelu Lukaku (pen)(I)

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

INTER (3-5-2): 1 Handanovic; 37 Skriniar, 6 de Vrij, 95 Bastoni; 36 Darmian, 23 Barella, 77 Brozovic (12 Sensi 67′), 5 Gagliardini, 15 Young (33 D’Ambrosio 86′); 9 Lukaku, 10 Lautaro (2 Hakimi 77′).

Substitutes: 27 Padelli, 97 Radu, 11 Kolarov, 13 Ranocchia, 14 Perisic, 24 Eriksen.

Coach: Antonio Conte.

NAPOLI (4-2-3-1): 25 Ospina; 22 Di Lorenzo, 44 Manolas, 26 Koulibaly, 6 Mario Rui (31 Ghoulam 85′); 4 Demme (7 Elmas 85′), 5 Bakayoko (8 Fabian Ruiz 74′); 11 Lozano, 20 Zielinski (21 Politano 74′), 24 Insigne; 14 Mertens (37 Petagna 16′).

Substitutes: 1 Meret, 16 Contini, 2 Malcuit, 19 Maksimovic, 23 Hysaj, 33 Rrhamani, 68 Lobotka.

Coach: Gennaro Gattuso.

Bookings: Brozovic (I), Bakayoko (N), Ospina (N), Lozano (N), Lukaku (I), Skriniar (I), D’Ambrosio (I), Handanovic (I)

Sent off: Insigne (N) in the 72nd minute for dissent

Added time: 2′ – 4′