Napoli closed the first round at the pace of a champion

The incredible elimination against the lowest player Cremonese in the Coppa was just an accident. Napoli activated the massive mode in Serie A and took another step towards a ‘scudetto’, the first since 1990, which they could only lose.

After their 0-2 win over Salernitana on the final day of the first round, Luciano Spalletti’s side now temporarily lead Milan by 12 points. In addition, Juventus, which is third, is no longer a rival in the fight for the title after being penalized with 15 points for irregularities in their economic balances.

A derby that lasted half a part

The Campania derby was only emotional until Napoli managed to open the can at the discount of the first half. Until then the leader did not get the overflow of the absent Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and a Salernitana began to choke him who, punished by the 8-2 conceded the previous day against Atalanta, defended himself well.

Napoli dominated from the start but their level of play was not the same as in other games, such as in the 5-1 defeat of Juventus last week, and they only created problems for a rival who sacked coach Davide Nicola on Monday, which was returned to the position only. two days later, with two sparks from Victor Osimhen.

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The Nigerian forced Guillermo ‘Momo’ Ochoa to shine with a shot after a corner kick (19′) and the referee disallowed the goal for offside after half an hour.

Di Lorenzo opened the can

But this faith of Naples moves mountains, it never ceases to test its vast and varied resources. In the first half, Zambo Anguissa joined Mario Rui and from the baseline he got the ball controlled by full-back Giovanni Di Lorenzo before firing high to make it 0-1.

The second half has just started, Napoli have already sentenced. Elif Elmas unleashed a whip that deflected off the post and Osimhen, always on target, took advantage of the rebound to score and establish himself as Serie A’s top scorer with 13 goals.

Ochoa avoids Osimhen’s double

It was minute 48 and, although Salernitana managed to get into the game shortly after a header from Lorenzo Pirola peeked off the post (56′), but Napoli completely dominated the game and Ochoa avoided 0 -3 by responding with a good save from a header from an insatiable Osimhen (58′).

With everything decided, Napoli relaxed and gave Salernitana a chance. Stanislav Lobotka failed to control and Krzysztof Piatek unleashed a whiplash that was deflected by goalkeeper Alex Meret to save the post (82′).

Everyone was left in awe and Napoli closed out the first round adding a 16th win in 19 days. He gave up only seven points. Smells like a champion.

SALERNITANA

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NAPLES

Salernitana: Ochoa; Daniliuc (Bonazzoli, 85′), Gyömbér (Lovato, 16′), Pirola, Bradaric; Candreva, Coulibaly, Vilhena (Diego Valencia, 73′), Nicolussi, Dia (Junior Sambia, 85′); Piatek

Naples: Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Kim, Mario Rui; Zambo Anguissa, Lobotka, Zielinski (Politano, 86′); Hirving Lozano (Ndombélé, 86′), Osimhen (Gio Simeone, 89′), Elmas
Goals: 0-1 Di Lorenzo (45′), 0-2 Osimhen (48′)

Referee: Daniele Chiffi. Yellow cards for Kim (44′), Bradaric (75′), Pirola (78′), Ndombélé (94′)

Spectators: 18,000 at the Stadio Arechi

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