The lost face, almost desperate of Lorenzo Insigne at the end of the first half gives the sign of defeat. From the bottom Callejon serves him an inviting ball 7-8 meters from Cech, with the Arsenal defense skipped, but Lorenzo shoots badly high and there the hopes of Napoli evaporate to put back the challenge at the end, after 2 -0 to the ready-via of Arsenal. Then in the second half the Azzurri rebalance the challenge at least in terms of the game, and even if the result is heavy some chance to overturn it in a week at the San Paolo there is. The star of Ramsey stands out above all, which gives great satisfaction to his upcoming Juventus fans, turning out to be the man who shifts the balance: tactically and also as a finalizer.

MASSACRE IN 25 '- It was known of the Gunners' sprint start, but Napoli not only defends itself with some difficulty, but stutters in the exits highlighting the pressing and speed of Arsenal with Ozil attacking midfielder and Aubameyang and Lacazette standing there to range over everything the attack front. Ancelotti answers leaving Milik out to prefer the Banda Bassotti. But Mertens and Insigne never manage to give depth to the action. They should leave behind the static English defenders, but they never do it, also because in the median Napoli is always in trouble and the midfielders, punctually well pressed, never manage to turn around to set. It is no coincidence that both goals of the first half are born from the Azzurri's wrong releases. With Allan and Fabian Ruiz in great difficulty on Ramsey and Torreira, authors certainly not by combination of the networks that set the first part of the race. After Koulibaly has already performed "slips" and other saves, here is the advantage in the 14th minute. Mario Rui clumsily misses a step by hitting Ramsey who starts the action. The Gunners see the hole to the right and Lacazette attacks the space, the filter for the excellent Maitland-Niles is symbolic of the fall of Naples, because it is a tunnel on Koulibaly, forced to go out to buffer. And so the right exterior of the '97 class offers the vehicle for Ramsey who realizes the 1-0. Napoli stutters, Ancelotti is waving to try to fix the positions in the field. There is no blue reaction, while the red furies continue to rage. And so, with Fabian Ruiz slow and staid that he can't play vertically the ball and recoil, here comes like a Torreira hawk that is centered and pulls from the edge, Koulibaly in an attempt to repel this also changes the direction of the ball displacing Meret: 2-0. With the Uruguayan who celebrates showing a shirt with the photo of him in Sampdoria, in Sampdoria. Aubameyang and Lacazette rage wrong several times the conclusion of 3-0, also for Meret's ability to put a few patches. Then at the end of the first half Allan managed to serve Callejon in depth, the low back cross of the Spaniard was perfect, unleashed Insigne's conclusion.

SECOND HALF - Ancelotti has his lessons reviewed and in the second half, at least, Napoli raises its center of gravity and tries to hit. But it is always Arsenal who starts again and takes the Meret chair with two important saves on Ramsey and Maitland-Niles. Callejon, the most lucid tactically, throws Insigne in addition to the defenders, the cross for Zielinski is good, but the Pole incredibly raises. Meanwhile Milik has entered and Napoli tries more to press, then Ancelotti passes to 4-2-3-1 inserting Younes and Ounas and the Algerian pulls a couple of times, but he doesn't find the peremptory conclusion. Meanwhile, Ramsey and Aubameyang devour 3-0. And in a black night there remains the possibility of a very complicated but not impossible return, given the gunners' impeccable defense.