Rome increases the suffering of Naples in Calcio

Roma won 2-1 at home to Napoli in the opening match of the 11th round of the Serie A.

Nicolas Zagnolo and Jordan Vertu scored Roma's 19th and 55th-minute penalty, while Arcadius Millic scored Napoli's 72th-minute goal.

The win lifted Roma to 22 points and surpass Atalanta to jump to third place, while Napoli freeze at 18 points in sixth place.

The first attempt came in the fourth minute, after a corner from Rome deflected by the defense to Kluivert, who fired a powerful ball from outside the area passed by the goal of Naples.

Caijon, Napoli's winger, responded with a powerful shot from a distance from the seventh minute that reached the goalkeeper's easy lap.

Kluivert continued attempts to shoot from outside the area, and took advantage of the presence of space in front of him to hit a rocket to pass next to the right post of goalkeeper Merritt.

Roma's remarkable moves in the middle of the Naples stadium came to fruition in the 11th minute, after Pastore moved well and Mancini passed a ball over the defenders inside the area to shoot wide.

With a magnificent Nicolo Zagnolo, Roma managed to score the first goal in the 19th minute, after a counterattack led by Spinazola from the right, which passed to the next from behind Zagnolo, to hit a powerful shot with his left foot in a difficult corner on the goalkeeper.

Rome continued his attack and from the left, Kolarov hit a powerful globe from outside the area, Merritt managed to push it with his fingertips to a corner.

In the 25th minute, the referee returned to the video after a handball on Caijon in the Napoli penalty area to give Roma a penalty, but Napoli goalkeeper Merritt pulled off a Kolarov ball.

In the 28th minute, Smalling saved his team from a goal after a free-kick by Insigne inside the area, Di Di Lorenzo shot in the goal before Smoling brilliantly off the line.

Napoli's attacking deluge continued against Roma, which slipped into the box as Insigne came close to leveling after a rocket fired from the edge of the area and goalkeeper Lopez pulled the ball into a corner.

The crossbar and the post stood firmly against Napoli in the 41st minute, where Milik received a cross with a header that hit the crossbar to Zelinski, who fired a globe that hit the right post.

Roma received a second penalty in the 54th minute, after Pastore hit the ball in the hands of Mario Roy, and Gordon Vertu managed to score the second goal from the 55th minute.

Kluivert in his third shot on goal almost scored his first goal, after receiving a Djiko pass in the 60th minute, to hit the crossbar and caught by Merritt.

The referee decided to stop the game after Roma fans shouted anti-Napoli and Senegalese defender Calido Coulibaly, before the meeting again.

Millic managed to reduce the score by 72 minutes, after Lozano headed from the right and crossed a cross from the defense to reach the Melic, who easily put in the net.

Napoli goalkeeper Merritt continued his creativity in the match, and with 73 minutes he blocked Pastore's header in a superb way to clear it out before the referee cropped off.

Djiko scored a goal in the 82nd minute, canceled by the referee for infiltrating the Bosnian striker.

Zielinski missed the opportunity to adjust the score for Napoli in the 91st minute, after he hit a powerful shot passed next to the left post of Rome.

In the final seconds of the meeting, Cettin, Roma defender received the second yellow card and then red after blocking Llorente on the border of the region.