Napoli stumble in Parma, as Scudetto race may be over

Last June, Cristian Chivu left Parma's bench to take over his former club Inter Milan, and now his ex-side may have won him the Scudetto!

The Gialloblu tripped the Nerazzurri's main rivals for the title, Napoli, salvaging a 1-1 draw at home, and gave the table-toppers a chance to go nine points clear if they beat Como tonight (21.45).

Parma stunned the Neapolitans only 33 seconds into the game, as Gabriel Strefezza scored the fastest goal in the current Serie A campaign following Nesta Elphege's key assist.

The early opener was a sign for Napoli to push forward as hard as possible, but also for the home team to defend with every means possible.

Chances in front of Parma's goal were coming one after another, but Frank Anguissa, Matteo Politano, and Alisson Santos failed to outsmart the terrific custodian Zion Suzuki.

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Antonio Conte's men made as many as 20 attempts, but only one of their six shots on target ended in the back of the net, when Scott McTominay levelled the score at the hour mark on Rasmus Hojlund's assist.

In the end, Parma managed to salvage a draw and defend their home turf against Napoli for the second season in a row, as they held the future Serie A champions to a goalless draw last year.

Now, they might have handed them the crucial blow in the title race.

SERIE A ROUND 32

Friday

Roma - Pisa 3-0 (2-0)

/Malen 3, 43, 52/

Saturday

Cagliari - Cremonese 1-0 (0-0)

/Esposito 63/

Torino - Verona 2-1 (1-1)

/Simeone 6, Casadei 50 - Bowie 38/

Milan - Udinese 0-3 (0-2)

/Barthesagi 27 og, Ekkelenkamp 37, Atta 71/

Atalanta - Juventus 0-1 (0-0)

/Boga 48/

Sunday

Genoa - Sassuolo 2-1 (1-0)

/Malinovskyi 18, Ekuban 84 - Kone 57/

Parma - Napoli 1-1 (1-0)

/Strefezza 1 - McTominay 60/

19.00: (1.83) Bologna (3.50) Lecce (4.50)

21.45: (3.30) Como (3.40) Inter (2.35)

Monday

21.45: (2.35) Fiorentina (3.30) Lazio (3.10)

***odds are subject to change***