Napoli scored a significant 50 points.
Napoli defeated Salernitana 2-0 in the 19th round of Italian Serie A in the 2022-23 season held at Stadio Arechi in Salerno, Italy at 2:00 am (Korean time) on the 22nd. With this, Napoli, the leader, has 16 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss (19G‧ 50 points), 12 points behind AC Milan (18G‧ 38 points) in second place.
Most, if not complete, were the main resources. Napoli pulled out a 4-3-3 formation, with Elif Elmas, Victor Osimen, Irving Rossano, Piotr Zielinski, Stanislav Lobotka, Jambo Anguisa, Mario Hui, Kim Min-jae, Amir Rahmani and Giovanni Di. Lorenzo and Alex Meret sortied.
The concept was clear. Salernitana focused on defense to avoid conceding points to Napoli, and the attack only proceeded in the form of a counterattack. As a result, Napoli was unable to score until the end of the first half, and the frustration grew.
Then, before the final whistle, the gear nose was activated. In the 3rd minute of added time in the first half, Anguisa exchanged a two-on-one pass with Hui and then raised a grounder cross. Di Lorenzo rushing in from the other side fired a powerful shot, and the ball hit the crossbar. In the second half, an extra goal was scored. In the 3rd minute of the second half, Elmas’ mid-range shot hit the post and Osimen, who was standing right 메이저놀이터 in front of him, pushed it lightly.
With this, Napoli became the protagonist of the three points. Napoli, who completed 19 of the 38 matches of the season, took a half-point and accumulated 50 points.
The half point and 50 victory points are ‘magic points’ that are directly related to Scudetto. After the match, Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport highlighted that “According to historical statistics, the leading team that finished the first half with 50 or more points always finished first in the final standings.” There were 5 previous precedents, and all of them won the championship cup.
In addition, since the 2004-05 season (20 teams in Serie A, a season fixed at 3 points per win), 15 of the 19 teams that finished first in the first half won the trophy.
Napoli are aiming for the top spot after 33 years. In the meantime, he held the Scudetto in Serie A for the 1986–87 and 1989–90 seasons. It is the right time to quench a long thirst.