Napoli aims to stay on top of the Italian League
In the start of matchday 19, which will be completed on Saturday, just before New Year's, Napoli is now looking to stay on top of the Italian League. The leader visits Crotone and the game will be broadcasted by ESPN 2.
At the Ezio Scida stadium, with Maurizio Mariani as referee, Napoli will try to achieve their third consecutive victory, following their successes against Torino and Sampdoria, which allowed them to return to the top.
It only took them 18 minutes to move towards that target. It was through their historic scorer, Marek Hamsik -who surpassed Diego Maradona with 116 goals in the previous match-, that they managed to overcome Crotone.
The Napoli team entered this matchday as the leader with 45 points in 18 matches and wants to take advantage of playing the advanced match of the day to put pressure on Juventus, who as the runner-up with 44 points will visit Hellas Verona on Saturday.
Crotone shares the 17th position with Spal, with 15 points, and needs to earn three points to distance themselves from the relegation zone. Hellas Verona (13) is closely following, and Benevento (1) is at the bottom.