The Azzurri lose at San Siro
Napoli lost 2-1 to Milan at San Siro. Alexis Saelemaekers scored the opener for Milan after three minutes. Christian Pulisic made it 2-0 after 30 minutes. Napoli pulled one back in the second half with a nice penalty scored by Kevin De Bruyne. Then Milan went down to 10 players and Napoli dominated the rest of the match, with David Neres hitting the crossbar once and coming close to scoring the equaliser.
Here are the comments by coach Antonio Conte:
“Unfortunately we missed some chances. We could’ve done more because conceding two goals in half an hour is too much of a blow.”
“Apart from that, I can’t hold anything against the team. Playing a game like this one at San Siro and creating so many chances is very important.”
“I’m sorry we lost. However, I’m satisfied with the team’s attitude because this is how we need to carry on. Last year this type of attitude would’ve been unthinkable.”
Here is what Giovanni Di Lorenzo said about the match:
“We’re disappointed about the result, but not about our performance. We deserved the draw and we showed that we can make a comeback when things get hard.”
“We made some mistakes, that’s for sure, but that can happen. We reacted well and we could’ve taken home a positive result.”
“You can lose a match, but we had the right attitude on the pitch and now we must focus on what lies ahead.”
Milan 2-1 Napoli (HT 2-0)
Scorers: Saelemaekers 3, Pulisic 31, De Bruyne 60 (pen).
MILAN: Maignan; Tomori (Winter 80), Gabbia, Pavlovic; Saelemaekers (Athekame 69), Fofana (Loftus Cheek 80), Modric, Rabiot, Estupinan, Pulisic (Bartesaghi 59), Giménez (Leao 69).
Coach Massimiliano Allegri.
NAPOLI: Meret; Di Lorenzo, Marianucci, Juan Jesus, Gutierrez; Lobotka (Gilmour 93) Politano (Noa Lang 78), Anguissa, De Bruyne (Elmas 73), McTominay (Neres 73), Hojlund (Lucca 73).
Coach Antonio Conte.
Referee: Chiffi (Padua)
Sent off: Estupinan 57.
