Two months later, Napoli is back. At the last second he puts an end to a torment that began on 19 October and ended tonight with an unexpected victory, only chased in the second half, when Sassuolo lost brilliance, leaving ample room for the Neapolitan restarts. In the 49th minute, the last to play, an Obiang own goal makes Rino Gattuso rejoice. Roberto De Zerbi will have much to complain about. His Sassuolo had taken the lead with Traore and had repeatedly touched the doubling before Allan's tie and before suffering the Elmas mockery.

INSIDE CALLEJON - Callejon is in the offensive trident and not Lozano, as he had glimpsed on the eve, while in defense Luperto replaces the injured Koulibaly. Gattuso does not change anything and relies on the 4-3-3 that he imposed after Ancelotti. De Zerbi, on the other hand, must do without Berardi, injured, and deploy Duncan. Napoli needs three points to give some signs of recovery after the black November, lived between mutinies, fines and existential crises, up to this December which led to the exemption of Ancelotti.

NOT A GOOD NAPOLI - The black-green nightmare materializes immediately, for Napoli. Sassuolo starts attacking, undermining the opponent. After just two minutes, it is Mario Rui who saves a dash of Locatelli's head on the corner of Boga on the line. Duncan, however, concludes from the distance (4 '), forcing Meret to deviate in the corner. But where is Napoli? Gattuso assists, astonished from the bench, the mediocrity expressed by his boys. In midfield, Allan and Zielinski make mistakes with incredible ease, even the simplest touch, while Fabian Ruiz is overwhelmed by the determination of Locatelli and Obiang. Not even the exteriors work. On the left, push Kyriakopoulos and Boga and for Di Lorenzo it's dark. On the left-handed side, Mario Rui is forced to chase his opponents across the entire band, because Insigne does not cooperate at all. In attack, the trident is very ticked, Callejon looks like a foreign body, while Insigne never jumps the man and no invention is born from his foot for Milik.

TRAORE GOAL - Sassuolo's superiority materializes on 29 '. The demoniac Locatelli crosses over to return to the left. Traoré rushes on the ball and surprises Meret. The advantage of the Emilians is more than deserved, there are only them on the field. Sassuolo has the chance to double at the end of time, when the usual Locatelli restarts (43 ') and serves the lonely Traore: his conclusion is rejected by the Neapolitan goalkeeper. You go to rest with Naples covered by the whistles of your fans.

DRAW ALLAN - The start of the recovery seems to follow the trend of the first half. Gattuso replaces Luperto with Hysaj: the new entrant goes to settle on the right, while Di Lorenzo moves to the central position, alongside Manolas. And, in any case, Sassuolo to become dangerous (3 ') with the usual Boga: its conclusion ends up on the outside of the net. At 6 ', De Zerbi also replaces: he calls the injured Marlon back on the bench and inserts Romagna. Napoli tries to come out of his shyness and hints at a reaction, which is immediately rewarded by Allan's tie. The Brazilian midfielder wins the contrast with Peluso and right-footer puts in the high corner of Pegolo's goal. Gattuso, on the bench, breathes a sigh of relief. De Zerbi changes Duncan and inserts Djuricic, while Gattuso calls Fabian Ruiz on the bench for Elmas. In the middle of the two substitutions there is the goal wasted by Allan (23 ') who, all alone, kicks Pegolo out.

MORE CONVINCED - Napoli wants to try, also because Sassuolo has spent a lot and now has several players on its legs. In the 33rd minute, Callejon hit the crossbar with a shot from the edge and two minutes later a goal for an offside position was canceled. But Napoli wants to win, pours into the Sassuolo half of the field and from a corner in the last few seconds, comes the winning goal, or rather the own goal, on the line of Insigne and the spizzicata of Di Lorenzo. The last touch in your door is from Obiang. He is radiant, Rino Gattuso, at the final whistle he enters the field and goes to embrace all his boys. The worst has been averted.