Roma’s flowing passing game was turned against them early on, however, and Díaz opened the scoring for Napoli. Roma soon started to dominate and, after equalising from a set play, Ancelotti scored a screamer from the edge of the box to give them a half-time lead. After the interval Di Bartolomei made it three with a delightful strike from 35 yards out, before lashing in another long-range beauty from a free-kick for a fourth.
Title nerves were beginning to show, though, as Roma chased the second Scudetto in their history. The legendary Milan player and manager Nils Liedholm had taken the team on a long unbeaten run, but their form was stuttering. Away draws against Torino, Verona and Ascoli meant that the enormously talented squad hadn’t entirely put the title race to bed. The team contained one of the greatest midfields the league has ever seen: Falcão, who had lit up the World Cup the year before for Brazil, provided creativity and cutting edge; Carlo Ancelotti and Herbert Prohaska contained and set up attacks; and Agostino Di Bartolomei shielded the defence with his passing. Add winger Bruno Conti and striker “bomber” Roberto Pruzzo, who was in red-hot form this season, and the five goals they scored against Napoli seem like an underachievement.
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Even the name, translated as “derby of the sun”, has a poetic richness to it. The reality of the rivalry has often been less pleasant than that nickname suggests, though. Relations between the two sets of fans are at a low, after clashes between rival fans in January dominated the headlines in the Italian press. While travelling in buses to games in different parts of the country, the fans spotted each other and exchanged rocks, bottles and fireworks on a motorway. It is another example of the violence that reached a horrible extreme in 2014 when, shortly before Napoli played Fiorentina in the Coppa Italia final in Rome, the Napoli supporter Ciro Esposito was shot by a Roma ultra.
Napoli v Roma: the Derby del Sole heats up with title talk in the airNapoli are flying high at the top of the Serie A table and Roma are in scintillating form, having put together a six-game unbeaten run that dates back to November. The nascent strike partnership between Tammy Abraham and Paulo Dybala is lighting up the Stadio Olimpico, which hitherto had to endure José Mourinho parking his bus. With Napoli desperate to win their first Scudetto since 1990 and Roma vying for a Champions League place, the Derby del Sole on Sunday – the latest meeting in this 97-year rivalry – is not a game to be missed. Napoli and Roma have been entertaining fans since their first meeting in 1928, which Roma won 4-1.
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The technical quality of all three goals from midfield remains hugely impressive to this day. Pruzzo added a fifth and Roma never looked back. They went on to secure the league title, playing a brand of football modern teams would be proud to call their own. A great Napoli win: Napoli 3-0 Roma, 2014Diego Maradona watches on as Napoli beat Roma to reach the Coppa Italia final. Photograph: Giuseppe Bellini/Getty ImagesThe second leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final in 2014 had all the ingredients of a classic.
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