Napoli has its head mainly on the Europa League. A flicker of Insigne allowed Ancelotti to avoid the defeat at Sassuolo, at the end of a game quite disappointing and played by the Azzurri not to the usual levels. De Zerbi dreamed of the business with the usual Berardi, but in the end he came out among the applauses. The trip to Reggio Emilia is difficult for Napoli, which won the last time in 2014 with a goal from Callejon, while in the last three seasons had collected only two points at Mapei Stadium (three years ago a knockout came followed two draws).

HOW MANY ERRORS - Ancelotti has to manage the forces between the outward and the return with the Salzburg in Europe and chooses a wide turn over, with eight changes compared to Thursday. Only Koulibaly, Allan and Mertens have been confirmed in the initial eleventh. De Zerbi chooses a maneuvering attack, he aims at the possession of the ball and the amplitude to put the Azzurri in difficulty. The Sassuolo phrases well, but it is Naples that creates more. After a non-existent offside whistled in Insigne, Mertens (dry for two months) launched towards the door of Pegolo is stopped by Demiral with a desperate slide. Ounas, a favorite on Callejon on the right, is one of the most enterprising, but he stubbornly refuses to let the ball pass and he stops a couple of times on the most beautiful. On the level of the game Sassuolo is preferred, but to be dangerous it must rely on the personal initiatives of Boga, which creates the panic in the blue area and makes Ospina tremble. The best opportunities of the first half are captained on the feet of Insigne (right-footed by Pegolo) and Verdi (who shoots high all alone in front of the goal). Ancelotti does not like and rages for a foul not whistled on Allan that allows the Sassuolo to start again and become dangerous with Rogerio.

INSIGNE REACHES BERARDI - At the beginning of the second half there is room for Luperto instead of Chiriches, in a relay that knows evidence for Salzburg. But the defense of Naples, not because of the new entry, capitulates after a few minutes: the Sassuolo moves the ball well between the lines and arrives to the dangerous cross with Boga, the ball rejected by Allan ends on the feet of Berardi that two steps not it can be wrong. Advantage of Sassuolo and return to the attacker's goal at Mapei Stadium, where he had not scored since January 2018 against Torino. Accuse the blow Napoli, can not react and Ancelotti tries to shake it with the inputs of Milik and Younes for Verdi and Ounas. The Pole asks for a penalty for a push in the area, then it is Diawara who tries it out without luck. The Sassuolo defends well up to four minutes from the end, when a mistake by Magnanelli offers the most comfortable assists in Insigne. The house specialty, the right-footed one, leaves Pegolo no way out: 1-1 and a point that allows Ancelotti to stay six points ahead of Milan third. Juve instead rises to +18.