La Befana brings the first victory to Naples as a dowry since October 1997. A nice gift in the sock, accompanied by the sweet return to the top with Juve. An important show of strength, also favored by the mistakes of the owners of the house, it must be said. Three goals out of three come from blue topics, but the success of the Conte gang is clear and indisputable. Gattuso chooses Hysaj in defense, centralizing Di Lorenzo alongside Manolas. A solution successfully tested in the second half with Sassuolo. There is no Mertens, Lozano goes on the bench and returns to the old with the Callejon-Milik-Insigne trident. Conte responds with a couple of surprise choices: Bastoni and not Godin in the three behind, Vecino and Gagliardini on the sides of Brozovic in the median, with the recovered Sensi and Barella on the bench.

SHOW - Ready and go, you understand immediately that it will be a crackling evening. First Milik's head raises too much from an inviting position (2 '), then Lukaku (offside) also jumps Meret, before being rejected the left by Di Lorenzo on the line (3'). The game is fun, because Inter raises the pressure and presides over the field better, but when Napoli passes the first trench it finds space to hurt. In the 8th minute only a fallacious control by Insigne only in front of Handanovic ruins a manual restart conducted by Zielinski. To break the balance is an episode: Di Lorenzo slips into a banal disengagement in the ball, giving the green light to Lukaku. The Belgian carries the ball, Hysaj recoils too much and lets him escape on the left, surgical from 16 meters to kiss the post and end up in the bottom of the bag. It is just the 14th minute, but Napoli takes the hit, because now the Nerazzurri can lower the center of gravity, complicating the blue dribble and leaving Lukaku and Lautaro forward to orchestrate the counterattack. Meret denies doubling just to Vecino and the Argentine, before capitulating again on the 33 '. To be honest, the young blue goalkeeper takes a lot of his: Lukaku enters the area from the left and pulls hard, but central, Meret looks for the rejection and in fact is passed through the ball. Game over? No, because Inter lower the tension a little and Gattuso's team takes advantage of it immediately. Handanovic saves on Insigne, but in the 39th minute he can do nothing about the easy close touch of Milik, well served by Callejon after the launch of Zielinski. And before the interval, the Pole also has the ball of 2-2, on the stroke of Mario Rui, but the header ends.

SECOND HALF - Having sensed the danger, Inter start again with a little more attention, even if a bloody lost ball by Brozovic allows Insigne to reach the shot with his left foot (wide). Conte's men drop further and the technician doesn't take it very well. To change the inertia, here is Barella for Gagliardini. The former Cagliari is immediately warned, he was wary and will miss Atalanta. At 17 ', Napoli still hurts on its own: Vecino's cross, Manolas on a slip accommodates the ball to Lautaro who thanks by putting Meret outside. Three goals conceded, three gross mistakes. Too many to stand up to the cynical Inter this season. And the 3-1 marks the match hopelessly, because the hosts no longer have the strength to go back and the San Paolo literally goes out. To turn it on again, only sporadic protests, skirmishes on the pitch (Conte admonished) and the crossbar on punishment by Insigne fifteen minutes from the end. In the final Handanovic is good at Zielinski's long-range shot, while Llorente raises his head to Lozano's cross. The swan song for Gattuso's Napoli, Inter can celebrate three points and return to the top arm in arm with Juventus.