Krstović didn't play a minute in Naples, Atalanta started playing late against the champions

It seems that Napoli has overcome the crisis it fell into before the international break when it had three matches without conceding a goal, so Atalanta - with a coach who had just taken over the team - came as expected to the stadium named after Diego Maradona.

The current Italian champion defeated the "goddess" on the debut of Rafaele Paladino in a match divided into two halves - in the first, the Neapolitans dominated and took a 3:0 lead, in the second they risked getting into serious trouble.

It ended 3:1.

After a great performance for the Montenegrin national team against Croatia, Nikola Krstović did not get a single minute, he remained on the bench and there is no information whether it is due to the back injury he suffered at the national team meeting or simply the coach's decision...

Napoli took a 2-0 lead in the 38th minute with goals from David Neres, and Noa Lang also scored by the end of the first half.

Atalanta was harmless in the first 45 minutes, but the picture changed completely in the second half.

Napoli opted for a defensive approach, and the Bergamo team created several chances, of which they only took advantage of one - Gianluca Skamak attractively checked Vanja Milinković-Savić.

Ademola Lukman was dangerous later, threatening Skamak as well, but the result did not change.

The "Azure" have thus returned to first place in the table, at least until Sunday evening.