“On Maradona’s birthday, Napoli consolidated their lead in the standings by passing the first exam of the terrible cycle with flying colors. From up there, not even the Pibe de Oro will believe it: 7 points ahead of Inter and 8 over Juve later a magnificent start to the season.” Thus begins the bottom on Corriere dello Sport signed by Pasquale Salvionewhich talks about the Italian success at San Siro against Milan.
He continues: “The fifth victory in a row arrived at the Meazza, the seventh clean sheet in ten games (the sixth in the last seven) but above all a performance from a great team. It started strong, it hit, it suffered, it sank again and then he defended with his teeth. With character, with personality, with great team spirit. In the image and likeness of his leader on the bench, the one who has the desire to never stop.”
Focus on the two scorers of the evening: “His main trusted man once again took care of dragging him along. If Lukaku scored six goals against Milan in six games with Conte on the bench there must be a reason. The criticism bounces off him as it has made Pavlovic in the action of the goal that opened the night at the Meazza. He is not yet the best Big Rom, but he makes the difference. He is a breakthrough centre-forward: he will not have the progression of Osimhen, the agility of Cavani or the refined feet of. Higuain, but he is tremendously effective. It is wrong to look for the characteristics of the previous one in every centre-forward, everyone has their own way of being so there’s a difference to be made, his creativity never fails.”