Atalanta from Champions, Napoli remounted and beaten: azzurra fury against referee Chiffi

Atalanta beats Napoli 2-1 in the 3 p.m. match of the 26th day of Serie A: the partenopei, ahead through Beukema, were remounted and beaten by goals from Pasalic and Samardzic. For Conte&#8217s team, furious with some decisions by referee Chiffi, it is a heavy stop: Inter is now +14 in the standings and even third place is at risk. On the other hand, Dea is flying, rising to 45 points and entering the race for qualification to the next Champions League.

L’Atalanta plays the game at the start, but Napoli takes advantage of a mistake by the Bergamo defense to take the lead on 18′: Scalvini commits a naive foul on the edge of the penalty area, Gutierrez on a free kick unmasks Beukema who puts the visiting team ahead. Dea struggles to react and the Azzurri manage the lead well, Milinkovic-Savic is alert on Sulemana’s two chances. Refereeing case at the end of the first half: Chiffi awards a penalty to Napoli for a contact between Hien and Hojlund, but after VAR’s intervention he goes back on his heels and cancels it, leaving the Azzurri and Antonio Conte stunned.

At the beginning of the second half there was also controversy: Chiffi this time cancelled Gutierrez’s goal because of an earlier foul by Hojlund on Hien, which was very dubious. In this case VAR does not intervene. Atalanta takes the field and puts Napoli in trouble, and at 61′ the equalizer arrives. On the development of a corner, Pasalic’s header signed the goal of the’1-1.

Luca Franzosi

Hot finish, the hosts wanted to win and Naples struggled to contain them. At’82’ Palladino’s team put the arrow in: Bernasconi crosses from the left and header Samardzic anticipates Olivera beating Milinkovic-Savic for the second time. The Italian champions failed to react and the match ended 2-1: controversy guaranteed after the match.