Swept away by AC Milan in its last match, Naples was in difficulty on the lawn of Lecce.
Naples, launched towards its first title of champion of Italy for more than three decades, started again by winning in Lecce (2-1), Friday during the 29th day of Serie A, after its setback to home against AC Milan (4-0).
Napoli temporarily resumes 19 points ahead of Lazio Rome, Saturday host of Juventus. This large lead should allow Luciano Spalletti’s team to secure the title in a few weeks, even if it will also depend on the appeal of Juve (7th, 30 pts) against their 15-point penalty, examined on April 19.
Five days from finding Milan in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League, captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo showed the way with a header from a cross from Kim Min-jae (18th).
In total control until the break, Naples was surprised on recovery: after a header from Assan Ceesay sent back by the bar, Federico Di Francesco controlled and equalized in pivot (52nd).
The Via del mare stadium loudly celebrated this first goal since February 19 of the Puglia players, who remained on five defeats without scoring.
But the badly ranked (16th) did not resist the new Neapolitan push for long: Antonino Gallo deceived his own goalkeeper, not irreproachable at the time, by wanting to control back (64th).
Naples then made sure not to release the pressure to avoid any new unpleasant surprises and take another step towards the title, before finding Milan, this time in C1 and at San Siro.
A shock for which Spalletti hopes to find his striker Victor Osimhen, still absent on Friday (adductor), especially as Giovanni Simeone, the center forward of N.2, came out after a thigh alert.