Napoli, deprived of Victor Osimhen, who went to the African Cup of Nations, and goalkeeper Alex Meret Provedel, injured, lost to goals from Antonio Sanabria (43rd), Nikola Vlasic (52nd) and Alessandro Buongiorno (66th).
A sign of the nervousness reigning in the Neapolitan squad, Pasquale Mazzocchi, who arrived this week from Salernitana, was excluded from his first match in the azure jersey, only four minutes after coming into play! Walter Mazzarri's team, relegated to the stands after his exclusion last weekend against Monza, conceded its seventh defeat of the season, the fourth in its last six matches.
Because of this defeat and the victory at the same time for Lazio against Udinese (2-1), it fell to 9th place (28 pts), twenty points behind the leader, Inter Milan, and five lengths from 4th place, qualifying for the Champions League.