Record 14-time champions Real Madrid were already through but secured top spot with an entertaining win over the visiting Italian champions
Real Madrid gamboled to a 4- 2 palm over Napoli on Wednesday to qualify in first place from their Champions League group. Napoli’s defeat stopped them following in alternate place, with the Italians facing Braga in the final group match to decide who progresses. Record 14- time titleholders Madrid were formerly through but secured top spot with an amusing palm over the visiting Italian titleholders. Giovanni Simeone put Napoli ahead beforehand on, with Rodrygo and Jude Bellingham snappily netting to turn the game around.
Andre- Frank Zambo Anguissa levelled for the callers just after half- time but Madrid youth Nico Paz smashed his platoon in front after 84 twinkles and Joselu wrapped up the palm in cessation time.
“I am so happy, this is a dream. for a moment I could not believe it,” Paz told Movistar after helping Madrid continue their 100 percent record– five triumphs from five games.
“(My platoon- mates) were perhaps indeed more happy than me, and I am thankful to them for their support.”
Napoli, with Walter Mazzarri lately reinstalled at the helm, started with Giovanni Simeone– the son of Atletico Madrid trainer Diego Simeone– up front and he snappily attacked.
The Argentine forward turned home from Giovanni di Lorenzo’s cut- reverse and although Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin clawed his trouble out, the ball had crossed the line.
However Madrid equalised nearly incontinently, with Brahim Diaz breaking and Rodrygo brilliantly chancing the top corner.
The Brazilian netted doubly at the weekend for Madrid and has hit a rich tone of form, with six pretensions in his last four games across all competitions.
Without Vinicius Junior, one of numerous Madrid stars out injured, his compatriot has raised his game.
Madrid took the lead through Bellingham after 22 twinkles, planting a superb title across Alex Meret and in, after David Alaba set up him with a fine searching cross.
Bellingham now has four titleholders League pretensions in four games for Madrid, and a aggregate of 15 in 16 appearances this season, making him by far the club’s leading arranger.
“Nothing could imagine him conforming like this then in this football, in this new club, he is surprising everybody,” Ancelotti told Movistar.
“He is spectacular at arriving in the box, he is like a motorbike arriving in the area.”
Diaz came near to adding a third for Madrid but fired off- target, when he might have looked for Bellingham or Rodrygo rather.
England transnational Bellingham had his ankle looked at before the break, but surfaced to keep pulling the strings for Madrid in the alternate half.
Napoli snappily pulled position again, with Zambo Anguissa blasting home across Lunin after his tried cross was blocked back into his path.
Madrid had the edge on the Italian titleholders after that and Joselu and Rodrygo both came near to putting Ancelotti’s side ahead again.
Meret made a superb save to deny Bellingham as he ran into the box, and another to keep out Antonio Rudiger’s title.
At the other end Napoli cover Victor Osimhen had a thing ruled out for offside.
Ultimately Madrid set up their third thing when substitute Paz pounded a low trouble into the nethermost corner from long range to delight the Santiago Bernabeu.
The 19- time-old midfielder is sloped as a star of the future and made quite the print on his alternate titleholders League appearance.
“He is a gift, a youth from the youth academe who is working with us, he scored an important thing, for him and for us,” added Ancelotti.
Joselu, who had missed some presentable openings, made amends in cessation time with a close- range finish to put the cherry on the cutlet. Know More Latest Football News
