At 21:00 Beijing time on April 24, the 34th round of Serie A ushered in a super reversal, Mertens and Insigne scored two goals in a row, and Napoli once led 2-0. As a result, Liam Henderson and Pinamonti scored three goals in seven minutes, and Napoli lost 2-3 to Empoli and basically withdrew from the championship competition.
In the last round, Napoli drew 1-1 with Roma, has given up the initiative to fight for the title, with the arrival of this 2-3, Napoli in the case of more than 1 round behind the top of the table as many as 5 points, almost two games of the gap, the hope of winning the championship is even more slim.
You know, the last time Napoli won the title was back in the 89/90 season, 32 years ago, when Maradona was still in the team.
With Napoli dropping the chain, the Serie A title competition pattern changed from a three-country kill to a two-man turn, leaving only Inter and AC Milan to compete.
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In the 43rd minute, Lozano sent a cross from the ground after a favorable undercut, Osmayne cleverly missed the ball, and the follow-up Mertens pushed into the net, giving Napoli a 1-0 lead.
In the 52nd minute, Anguiza sent a precise pass, and Insigne rushed to a small angle to push into the net, giving Napoli a 2-0 lead. Insigne ran wildly with open arms to celebrate, and it seemed that victory was no longer in suspense.
In the 79th minute, substitute Liam Henderson scored a penalty and a kick into the dead corner to make the score 1-2! Unexpectedly, this goal conceded became the beginning of Napoli's nightmare.
In the 82nd minute, Napoli defender Meret made a strange mistake, Pinamonti directly broke the ball, the ball rolled into the net, the score came to 2-2! Merrett's mistake is reminiscent of Donarumma's suffocating maneuvers in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid.
In the 86th minute, Empoli made a comeback, Bairami crossed from the right and Pinamonti scored from the back post to set off a personal second-hand success.
In just 7 minutes, Empoli pulled three goals in a row and completed a 3-2 comeback, completely extinguishing Napoli's last hope for the title. You know, the 22-year-old Pinamonti is from Inter's youth training, was loaned to Empoli this season, and tonight he helped his old club. Perhaps too excited, Pinamonti took off his jersey to celebrate and received a yellow card.