epa12000130 Napoli’s goalkeeper Alex Meret (C) reacts after saving a penalty kick during the Italian Serie A soccer match SSC Napoli vs AC Milan at Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, 30 March 2025. EPA-EFE/CIRO FUSCO

Romelu Lukaku reveals Antonio Conte ‘changed approach’ to the Milan game this morning, while Alex Meret studied Santiago Gimenez penalties and Matteo Politano ‘believes’ in a Napoli Scudetto.

The pressure was piling on the Partenopei after Inter’s 2-1 win over Udinese this evening, and they got off to the ideal start, surging into a 2-0 lead within 19 minutes with Politano and Romelu Lukaku on target.

That was the sixth goal Politano has put past Milan, so evidently they inspire something in the former Inter winger.

“This is a team that brings me luck. It was important to win, we had a great first half and could’ve had a third goal, then Milan fought back after the restart, they were built to fight for the top of the table, so we knew we’d have to suffer,” Politano told DAZN.

“We have to take it one game at a time. We believe in ourselves, we have these fantastic fans and must try to make them happy, then we’ll see where we are at the end of the season.”

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Napoli studied Milan penalty takers

Meret made a crucial save on the Santiago Gimenez penalty, so when Luka Jovic came sliding in to meet the Theo Hernandez assist in the final minutes, it was too late for Milan to complete the comeback.

“We study the penalty takers before the games and there was a high probability Gimenez would take it in that direction. It was an important save to keep it on 2-0, but above all important to get the win and keep up with Inter,” added the goalkeeper.

“We are up there and cannot give up now. We’ve got to try to win every game, stay up there and if there’s the possibilità, to steal a few points off Inter.”

The Scudetto is now definitively a two-horse race, as Atalanta were beaten 1-0 by Fiorentina and Napoli are the only side keeping up the pace set by leaders Inter at the top of the table.

It was a much-needed boost considering Napoli had only won one of their previous seven Serie A matches, and hadn’t beaten Milan here since August 2018.

“I am very happy with this performance from the lads. We prepared the game in a certain way, but this morning the coach changed to a different approach. We dominated the first half, suffered after the break, but deserved the victory,” Lukaku told DAZN.

“It is a good response, we need to continue like this. We’ve started this journey and we have to fight to the end.”