Napoli draws and loses chance to climb on the table

Napoli were unable to beat Sassuolo on Monday at home to a 1-1 draw and added a point that did not allow them to move up to the top of the table in the Italian league on 14 March. Round of the competition.

Striker Lorenzo Insigne opened the scoring for Neapolitans in the 42nd minute, in a nice shot from outside the area and masked the rival goalkeeper, but the Sassuolo (16), dominated on the field, found a goal nine minutes from the whistle Final with the Frenchman Grégoire Defrel, who had just entered.

After losing to Juventus on Sunday (3-1 to Genoa), Napoli had a golden chance to return to the title fight, but the draw with Sassuolo leaves the Neapolitan team eight points behind Old Lady, In the 7th place in Serie A.

They close the round still on Tuesday Inter (12th) and Fiorentina (8th), who face each other in Milan.

- Results of the 14th round of the Italian Championship:

- Saturday:

Torino - Chievo 2 - 1

Empoli - Milan 1 - 4

- Sunday:

Palermo - Lazio 0 - 0

Cagliari - Udinese 2 - 1

Crotone - Sampdoria 1 - 1

Bologna - Atalanta 0 - 2

Genoa - Juventus 3 - 1

Rome - Pescara 3 - 2

- Monday:

Napoli - Sassuolo 1 - 1

Inter - Fiorentina

Classification: Pts J V D GG Gc GS

1. Juventus 33 14 11 0 3 29 12 17

2. Rome 29 14 9 2 3 33 16 17

3. Milan 29 14 9 2 3 25 18 7

4. Lazio 28 14 8 4 2 27 14 13

5. Atalanta 28 14 9 1 4 23 14 9

6. Torino 25 14 7 4 3 31 17 14

7. Napoli 25 14 7 4 3 24 15 9

8. Fiorentina 20 12 5 5 2 18 11 7

9. Genoa 19 13 5 4 4 17 15 2

10. Sampdoria 19 14 5 4 5 17 20 -3

11. Cagliari 19 14 6 1 7 22 31 -9

12. Inter 18 13 5 3 5 18 16 2

13. Chievo 18 14 5 3 6 14 16 -2

14. Bologna 16 14 4 4 6 14 21 -7

15. Udinese 15 14 4 3 7 18 23 -5

16. Sassuolo 14 14 4 2 8 17 26 -9

17. Empoli 10 14 2 4 8 7 21 -14

18. Pescara 7 14 1 4 9 11 26 -15

19. Crotone 6 14 1 3 10 11 27 -16

20. Palermo 6 14 1 3 10 10 27 -17

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