2023-09-30 15:15:20
If, behind the scenes, the week was stormy in Naples, in open conflict with their striker Victor Osimhen, on the pitch it was fruitful. After a convincing success once morest Udinese (4-1) on Wednesday, Napoli continued in Lecce (4-0), this Saturday followingnoon, at the opening of the 7th day of Serie A. Thanks to this victory, the Neapolitans temporarily climb in third place in the ranking.
Three days before the reception of Real Madrid in the Champions League, Rudi Garcia had decided to leave Osimhen on the bench at kick-off and to start Giovanni Simeone up front. Facing an uninhibited Lecce team (6th), Napoli made their task easier by opening the score quickly, thanks to Leo Ostigard’s first goal of the season. On an eccentric free kick on the left side, Piotr Zielinski placed the ball on the head of the Norwegian defender, completely forgotten by the local rearguard (16th).
Apart from two alerts on the Neapolitan goal, a sudden strike from the right of Nikola Krstovic deflected by Alex Meret (25th) and a pivot recovery above Marin Pongracic (31st), the formation of Rudi Garcia controlled the debates and lacked nothing to widen the gap, following a marvel of collective movement concluded by a cross strike from Simeone (40th). On a delivery from Frank Anguissa, Zielinski was not more successful and saw his recovery deflected for a corner (43rd), before Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s direct free kick did not find the target (45th+1)
Osimhen scores six minutes following coming on
Invited by Garcia to warm up during the break, Osimhen, who replaced Simeone at the restart, struck from the start. Found at the far post by a precise cross from Kvaratskhelia, the Nigerian, already a scorer once morest Udinese (4-1) on Wednesday, scored his fifth goal of the season with a header (51st).
Disciplined, the reigning Italian champions managed their advantage once morest a Lecce team which gave up, following seeing a goal from Gabriel Strefezza refused for a prior handball from Krstovic (57th). Before sinking at the end of the match. Staggered by Matteo Politano, Gianluca Gaetano once once more shook the nets with a sharp right-footed shot (88th), before Politano sealed the score from the penalty spot (90th+4), by opening his left foot perfectly.
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