Article by Dragoș Petrescu – Published on Sunday, 23 November 2025, 00:07 / Updated on Sunday, 23 November 2025 00:11
champion Naples imposed itself on its own ground in front of those from Atalantascore 3-1, in a duel of the round with number #12 in Serie A, and thus, Antonio Conte's team returned to the first position of the ranking in Italy, surpassing the limit Interthe to Chivu.
The complete program of stage #12 in Serie A
Before tonight's game, Antonio Conte's side were coming off two consecutive games without a win in the league (0-0 at home to Como, respectively 0-2 at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara against Bologna), results that saw “I Ciucciarelli” lose the Serie A leader's seat to Inter.
Left-handed debut for Raffaele Palladino on the Atalanta bench, and Napoli returns to first place in Italy
Fortunately for Antonio Conte and Aurelio De Laurentiis, the Italian champion did not complete the triangle of negative results domestically.
David Neres' double (17' and 38' respectively) and Noa Lang's goal (45') gave Napoli victory against Atalanta in front of their own supporters. The guest's goal of honor was signed by the new arrival Gianluca Scamacca (52'), a player introduced on the field after the break by Raffaele Palladino, for whom today's defeat represented the first game as coach of the “Nerazzurri”.
Following this result, the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona side have collected 25 points and taken back the top spot in Italy, currently holding a narrow lead over both Chivu's Inter, AS Roma and Bologna.
However, it is important to note that Giuseppe Meazza's group and the “Giallorossii” have not yet played their matches in the current stage, and if the two win, Napoli will return to the last step of the podium.
The Romanians have an apparently easy match – away to newly promoted Cremonese. Instead, for Chivu and his team, the big “Derby della Madonnina” with rival Milan is coming. The headliner of the round with number #12 will take place on Sunday evening, November 23, from 21:45, and can be watched in liveTEXT format on the GSP.ro website.
On the other hand, after today's defeat, Atalanta are left with 13 points and occupy a disappointing 13th place in the Italian standings, having finished the previous season in 3rd position.
Serie A standings:
Napoli – Atalanta » Starting teams:
NAPLES (3-4-3): Milinkovic-Savic – Beukema, Rrahmani, Buongiorno – Di Lorenzo, Lobotka, McTominay, Gutierrez – Neres, Hojlund, Lang
reserves: Contini, Ferrante – Ambrosino, Elmas, Jesus, Lucca, Marianucci, Mazzocchi, Olivera, Politano, Vergara
Coach: Antonio Conte
ATALANTA (3-4-1-2): Carnesecchi – Djimsiti, Hien, Ahanor – Bellanova, Ederson, De Roon, Zappacosta – Pasalic – De Ketelaere, Lookman
reserves: Rossi, Sportiello – Bernasconi, Brescianini, Kolasinac, Kossounou, Krstovic, Maldini, Musah, Samardzic, Scamacca, Sulemana, Zalewski
Coach: Raffaele Palladino
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Naples)
Referee: Marco Di Bello
