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Milan narrowly beats Napoli in the Italian League

12.02.2024 | 00:59 (KSA)

League Plus – Milan defeated Napoli 1-0 in the match between them on Sunday evening, in the twenty-fourth round of the Spanish League.

Theo Hernandez was able to score Milan’s first goal against Napoli in the 25th minute of the first half of the match via an assist from Rafael Leao.

On the other hand, the Napoli players wasted all the opportunities they had to score the equalizer during the two halves of the match, thus ending the events of the match.

Milan have won 52 points after their first 24 Serie A matches this season, and they only performed better in the 1995-96 (53) and 2003-04 (61) seasons.

Theo Hernandez is one of the two defenders alongside Jeremy Frimpong who have scored the most goals in home matches in the top five European leagues 2023-24 (4 goals).

The Milan team has not won at home against Napoli during the Italian League championship, since the victory with two unanswered goals in the 2014-2015 season, before achieving victory in today’s match at the San Siro Stadium.

Milan and Napoli standings in the Italian League

With this result, Milan’s score rose to 52 points, in third place in the Italian League standings, while Napoli’s score froze at 35 points, in ninth place in the Serie A standings.

Inter Milan is currently at the top of the Italian League with 60 points, after defeating Roma by four goals to two on Saturday evening in the top matches of the Italian League Championship.