Leader of Serie A, Napoli hit hard in the title race by outclassing Juventus (5-1) Friday evening at the Diego-Maradona stadium.
Argentina has won its first World Cup since the days of Diego Maradona? Napoli also begins to dream of winning its first Italian championship title since the golden period when the “Pibe de Oro” made the happiness of an entire city.
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This Friday, in the stadium which now bears the name of the legendary No. 10, Napoli shattered one of its competitors for the title, Juventus (5-1), at the start of the 18th day of Serie A. In an incandescent atmosphere, the formation of Luciano Spalletti made the difference thanks to its strong men. Victor Osimhen opened the scoring by taking over a return from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia pushed back by Wojciech Szcesny (1-0, 14th). Then “Kvaradona” went there with his goal, on a service from his Nigerian friend, after an error from Bremer (2-0, 39th).
Napoli take a 10-point lead
Second in the standings at kick-off, Juve nevertheless remained on eight consecutive victories, and Angel Di Maria, after finding the bar (21st), gave hope to his team just before half-time (2-1, 42nd ). Napoli, who had lost their first match of the season nine days earlier on the lawn of Inter (1-0), did not really waver, and the storm of the Partenopei carried the Old Lady in the second half.
After a nice recovery from Amir Rrahmani on a corner (3-1, 55th), Kvaratskhelia took advantage of another error from Bremer to offer a double to Osimhen (4-1, 65th), who widened the gap in the lead. in the Serie A goalscoring chart with 12 goals. In the process, Eljif Elmas once again blew up the Juve defense and the Diego-Maradona stadium (5-1, 72nd).
In the standings, Naples offers a mattress 10 points ahead of Juve, and as much on AC Milan, the defending champion, who will play Saturday in Lecce. Kvaratskhelia and her teammates can no longer hide.
