Monza inflicted only the fourth Serie A defeat of the season on Scudetto winners Napoli thanks to Dany Mota Carvalho and Andrea Petagna goals.
The Partenopei were still celebrating the Scudetto and therefore gave Giovanni Di Lorenzo a rare rest, while the hosts had guaranteed their Serie A status. Andrea Colpani, Mario Rui and Chucky Lozano were on the treatment table.
Piotr Zielinski was captain and almost scored after 12 seconds, firing over from a tight angle at the near post on Victor Osimhen’s assist, then Juan Jesus deflected Dany Mota Carvalho’s effort just off target.
Monza took the lead with a well-worked counter-attack sparked by Nicolò Rovella, as Gianluca Caprari, Carlos Augusto and Matteo Pessina combined for Mota Carvalho to bundle over the line at the far post.
Carlos Augusto set Andrea Petagna up from 12 yards, but the striker slipped and ballooned over, while Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa stung Di Gregorio’s gloves with the inside of the right boot.
Former Napoli striker Petagna got the second after the restart, firing low into the near bottom corner after Mota Carvalho had forced a save from Pierluigi Gollini at the near post.
There was almost a third moments later, Gollini flying to palm away the Mota Carvalho strike from a tricky angle after Zielinski’s error sparked the counter-attack.
Di Gregorio got down to fingertip the Mathias Olivera header off the line at the bottom corner after a free kick and Osimhen had penalty appeals waved away for a coming together with Pessina.
So did Matteo Politano, who went down a bit too easily under pressure from Mota Carvalho, and Zielinski tested Di Gregorio with a rocket from distance.
Petagna risked an own goal and Giovanni Simeone’s back-heel flick was easy for the goalkeeper.
Monza 2-0 Napoli
Mota Carvalho 18 (M), Petagna 54 (M)
Player statistic
| Dany Mota (Assist: Matteo Pessina) |
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18' | ||
| Luca Caldirola |  |
23' |
| 53' | |
Eljif Elmas | ||
| Andrea Petagna | |
54' |
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