A Scotsman freaks out the whole of Naples

Napoli dreams of another title! With four rounds to go, the 2023 champions have taken control of Serie A – partly because Inter suffered another bitter defeat.

27 April 2025

From: fop

In the Champions League, great, otherwise, bad. Interest Briefly describe the current situation. After the cup exit against arch-rivals Milan and the defeat against Bologna, the Champions League semi-finalists faced Roma Another defeat at home. The visitors won 1-0.

Overall, the Nerazzurri appeared somewhat tired and not as convincing as they had been a few weeks ago. Matias Soulé scored the only goal of the game in the 22nd minute, firing Roma to fifth place in the table.

Matias Soulé fired Roma to victory in Milan. © APA/afp / PIERO CRUCIATTI

Inter, on the other hand, received another blow in the evening – and this was delivered by the previous co-leader NapoliHe beat the packed Stadio Diego Armando Maradona against Turin relatively easily, winning 2-0. One man was the celebrated hero of the evening: Scott McTominay.

Inter is now lagging behind

The 28-year-old Scot, who only moved to the Gulf of Naples from Manchester United in the summer, scored a brace from close range in the 7th and 41st minutes. These were the midfielder's tenth and eleventh goals of the season.

Napoli now has a three-point lead over Inter with four rounds remaining. Should both rivals be level on points at the end of the regular season, a Scudetto playoff would ensue.

Randal Kolo Muani scored in Juve's home win against Monza. © ANSA / Alessandro Di Marco

Miles away from the title this year is JuventusHowever, the Turin team climbed with a comfortable 2-0 win at home against relegated Monza for a Champions League spot. However, Bologna could snatch it back on Monday (against Udinese). Kolo Muani and Nico Gonzales scored for La Vecchia Signora, who had Kenan Yildiz sent off in the first half for violent conduct.

Milan celebrated on Sunday in Venice also a 2-0 victory, Fiorentina won the Tuscany duel against Empoli with 2:1. As an celebrated the 1-0 win against Genoa to stay in the league, while Atalanta in the 1:1 against Lecce missed important points in the fight for Europe.

The Atalanta ultras protested vehemently against the match being played. © ANSA / MICHELE MARAVIGLIA

The match in Bergamo was overshadowed by the threatened boycott of the match by Lecce and a protest by Atalanta fans, including the suspension of the match. Lecce's physiotherapist Graziano Fiorita died suddenly on Thursday during the away trip, the match was moved from Friday to Sunday – and thus played before the coach's funeral. This resulted in fierce criticism.

Sunday's results:

Como – Genoa
Goal: 1-0 Strefezza (59th)

Venice – Milan 0:2
Goals: 0:1 Pulisic (5th), 0:2 Gimenez (96th)

Fiorentina – Empoli 2-1
Goals: 1:0 Adli (7th), 2:0 Mandragora (25th), 2:1 Fazzini (57th)

Inter-Roma 0-1
Goal: 0:1 Soulé (22.)

Juventus – Monza 2:0
Goals: 1:0 Gonzalez (11th), 2:0 Kolo Muani (33rd)

Atalanta – Lecce 1-1
Goals: 0:1 Karlsson (penalty/29th), 1:1 Retegui (penalty/69th)

Napoli – Torino 2-0
Goals: 1:0 McTominay (7th), 2:0 McTominay (41st)

	SP	G	U	V	TV	P
1. Naples	34	22	8	4	54:25	74
2. Inter	34	21	8	5	72:33	71
3. Atalanta	34	19	8	7	67:31	65
4. Juventus	34	16	14	4	51:31	62
5.Bologna	34	16	13	5	52:37	61
6. Roma	34	17	9	8	49:32	60
7. Lazio	34	17	9	8	57:45	60
8. Fiorentina	34	17	8	9	53:34	59
9.Milan	34	15	9	10	53:38	54
10. Torino	34	10	13	11	38:39	43
11. As	34	11	9	14	44:48	42
12.Udinese	34	11	8	15	36:48	41
13. Genoa	34	9	12	13	29:41	39
14. Cagliari	34	8	9	17	35:49	33
15. Hellas Verona	34	9	5	20	30:62	32
16. Parma	34	6	14	14	40:53	32
17. Lecce	34	6	9	19	24:56	27
18. Venice	34	4	13	17	27:48	25
19. Empoli	34	4	13	17	27:54	25
20.Monza	34	2	9	23	25:59	15