Defending Serie A Champion Falls at Home

Naples, Beritasatu.com – A surprise occurred when defending Italian League Serie A champion Napoli fell at home at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, Naples, Saturday (30/3/2024) evening WIB. Napoli were badly beaten 3-0 by guests Atalanta.

This result makes the Italian League champions even worse in the race to qualify for next season's Champions League.

Before kickoff match, Napoli players were seen kneeling on the pitch as a form of support for teammate Juan Jesus who experienced racial insults.

It is known that the Brazilian player received racial treatment in the Serie A match against Inter Milan. Juan Jesus is known to have been insulted by veteran Inter defender Francesco Acerbi.

Napoli brought this case of racial insults to the Italian football federation. However, four days ago, Acerbi was acquitted of charges of insulting Juan Jesus.

Atalanta broke the deadlock in the 26th minute when Aleksei Miranchuk scored from close range following chaos in the Napoli penalty box. Then Gianluca Scamacca doubled the lead just before halftime.

Napoli had no chance of scoring, after the ball hit the post twice in the space of one minute in the second half. Atalanta made sure of the three points when Teun Koopmeiners' 88th-minute effort headed into the bottom corner.

Atalanta is now in sixth place in the standings with 50 points and Napoli is in seventh place with 45 points.