Milan in freefall, Napoli and Inter needled

Last update 16 November, 2012 by Julio Muñoz

Naples let two important points escape today in the neck-and-neck they maintain with Juventus Turin for the lead, by drawing 0-0 with Catania on the fourth day of the First Division of the Italian League, in which Milan and Inter suffered defeats.

The Neapolitan team wasted the chance to remain tied at the top of the table with Juventus, who yesterday beat Chievo and already has 12 points, and with Lazio, that in the last game this Sunday against Genoa he can still avoid the Turinese's solo escape.

The Naples, now with 10 points, enjoyed numerical superiority from the minute 2 of the party, after the expulsion with a direct red card of the Argentine from Catania Pablo Sebastián Álvarez for hindering the Uruguayan Edinson Cavani in an attacking action, but he did not know how to take advantage of this circumstance.

For your part, The Milan, that came with a single victory against two defeats in the Italian championship, offered another dose of uncertainty to his fans by losing by 2-1 with Udinese, defeat that leaves coach Massimiliano Allegri on a tightrope.

Those in charge of giving the finishing touch to the Milanese team, which ended with nine players due to the expulsion of Colombian Cristian Zapata and Kevin-Prince Boateng, They were the Swede Mathias Ranégie and the Italian Antonio di Natale, who scored a penalty.

That maximum penalty took away the hope that the Milan fans had regained with the tie achieved shortly after the match resumed by the Italian of Egyptian descent Stephan El Shaarawy, the only “Red-black” to see the goal this Sunday.

Milan, that did not go beyond a goalless draw this week in its debut in the Champions League against Anderlecht, is in fifth position from the tail with 3 points, three places below Udinese.

The eternal rival of the “Rossoneri”, Inter Milan, He also fell defeated, in this case for 2-0 against Siena, in a match that had the Italian striker Antonio Cassano and the Dutchman Wesley Sneijder as the best “Nerazzurri”, although they didn't score.

Those who did were the Italians Simone Vergassola and Francesco Valiani, authors of Siena's goals in a result that makes Inter drop one place in the standings, from fifth to sixth, con 6 points.

Bologna and Pescara starred in a lively match that ended in a 1-1 draw, with goals from the Italian Alberto Gilardino for the locals and the Colombian Juan Fernando Quintero for the visitors.

Atalanta won by 1-0 at Palermo, while in the early game at noon, Sampdoria did not go beyond a 1-1 draw with Torino, which represents the first two points that the Genoese let slip this season, who maintain fourth position.

The Cagliari-Rome scheduled for this Sunday was postponed “sine the”, after this morning the Government Delegation in the Sardinian capital decided so due to the intention of the local club to let fans enter the field, after having sold tickets for it.

The State of Is Arenas still does not have permission from the authorities to allow public entry, which had confined Cagliari to playing their first home game this season behind closed doors, after having played the last of the pass in the city of Trieste (northeast Italy) after leaving the old Sant'Elia Stadium.

In the two games leading up to this Saturday, Juventus won by 2-0 at Chievo, while Parma scratched a point in extremis by tying one goal with Fiorentina, thanks to a goal from Chilean Jaime Valdés from a penalty in added time.