Football: Napoli beat 10-man Inter

ROME: Napoli registered a controversial 3-0 win at 10-man Inter Milan as Claudio Ranieri suffered his first defeat in charge. The game turned dramatically following an incident four minutes before the break when Joel Obi was handed a second yellow card for bundling over Christian Maggio on the edge of the box. Julio Cesar saved Marek Hamsik’s resulting penalty but defender Hugo Campagnaro followed up to give Napoli the lead. Maggio added a second goal on 57 minutes before Hamsik slotted home the third to seal Napoli’s first victory at the San Siro in 17 years. Elsewhere, AS Roma beat Atalanta 3-1.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 3^rd, 2011.