49erssports.com - Napoli are increasingly asserting their position at the top of the Serie A 2022/2023 standings. This happened after Napoli won 3-2 over Udinese in the 15th week of Serie A, Saturday (12/11/2022) night WIB.
Playing at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, Napoli seemed to be able to win easily over Udinese. Because, in the 15th minute, Victor Osimhen was able to score a goal after receiving Eljif Elmas's pass. Napoli lead 1-0 and played well.
Before the first half ended, Napoli were able to add another goal in the 31st minute. Piotr Zielinski, a member of the Polish national team that will compete in the 2022 World Cup, also contributed a goal for Napoli. The score becomes 2-0.
Napoli were further away when Eljif Elmas scored in the 58th minute. Napoli lead with a score of 3-0, but after that 'fall asleep'.
Win 11 Points
After leading 3-0, Luciano Spalletti made three substitutions for Napoli. Apparently, the situation changed the rhythm of Napoli's game. In the final 15 minutes of the match, Napoli were caught off guard and resulted in the creation of two goals for Udinese.
Udinese scored two goals through two substitutes, Ilija Nestorovski and Lazar Samardzic. Each goal was created in the 79th and 82nd minute.
Despite having good momentum, Udinese failed to get a third goal. In the end, they failed to get any points from the joke to Naples.
This result makes Napoli still haven't tasted defeat until week 15 of Serie A. Napoli won 13 times and drew two. Now, Napoli are at the top of the Serie A standings with 41 points. 11 points ahead of Lazio and AC Milan below.
Don't want to talk about the Scudetto
Napoli is going very fast in the 2022/2023 Serie A season. They have a big enough chance to win the scudetto. However, Luciano Spalletti was reluctant to talk about the Scudetto. He feels the match against Udinese needs to get a special note.
"We thought the game was over and we slowed down, but the game is never over, because when you have substitutes like Nestorovski they can find a way out if you don't keep the tempo," commented Spaletti.
"There are six challengers (the scudetto title) and all are close, because it only takes a few incidents, a few minutes to create problems," said the 63-year-old coach.