Walter Mazzarri made a profitable return as Napoli coach with a hard-fought 2-1 victory at Atalanta pushing the champions as much as third in Serie A on Saturday.
Eljif Elmas netted the decisive purpose 11 minutes from the tip on the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo after Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s headed opener for the away facet on the stroke of half-time was levelled by the same strike from Ademola Lookman.
North Macedonia midfielder Elmas rolled house the winner from substitute Victor Osimhen’s cross following Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi’s poor clearance, ensuring that Napoli stayed in Italy’s Champions League positions.
Mazzarri’s group are nonetheless seven factors behind leaders Inter Milan who journey to Turin on Sunday for the weekend’s huge match at second-placed Juventus.
AC Milan will transfer again above Napoli into third in the event that they beat Fiorentina on the San Siro in Saturday’s late fixture.
Mazzarri returned to Napoli final week after Rudi Garcia was sacked, reprising a job he left simply over a decade in the past after being the person to take southern Italy’s greatest membership again to the higher echelons of Italian soccer.
The 62-year-old guided Napoli to the 2012 Italian Cup, beating undefeated league champions Juventus within the remaining to win the membership’s first main trophy in over 20 years.
And he took three factors from Saturday’s even conflict, his group recovering from Lookman’s equaliser and being saved from going behind within the 68th minute when Mario Pasalic’s end was dominated out for Teun Koopmeiners straying offside.
Mazzarri may even be boosted by Osimhen recovering from his hamstring damage in time for Wednesday’s Champions League journey to Actual Madrid.
Napoli are second in Group C, 4 factors forward of Braga, who tackle Union Berlin, with two video games remaining.
Maurizio Sarri urged he might give up Lazio after his group fell 2-1 on the division’s backside group Salernitana, dropping due to a marvel strike from previous boy Antonio Candreva.
Lazio are tenth in Italy’s prime flight, on 17 factors, following their sixth defeat of what has been a tough league season after ending second final time period.
“I do not know if it is might fault, if I used to be certain I would depart instantly. However seeing as I can not work out what’s modified since final season it is tough,” Sarri informed reporters.
“If it seems that I am the issue I will take accountability and I will inform the proprietor to make a change.”
Former Italy winger Candreva smashed in his dipping winner within the 67th minute on the Stadio Arechi after Grigoris Kastanos had levelled Ciro Motionless’s first-half penalty.
Veteran Candreva, 36, performed for over 4 years at Lazio the place he received the 2013 Italian Cup in a dramatic remaining towards native rivals Roma — the one main title of his profession.
Motionless’s fourth strike of the season made him the primary participant to attain 100 targets away from house in Serie A.
Filippo Inzaghi’s Salernitana are two factors behind Empoli who sit simply outdoors the relegation zone and host Sassuolo on Sunday afternoon.
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