Napoli maintained their good begin to the Serie A season as they strolled to a 2-0 victory over Sassuolo on the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on Sunday night.
The defending champions confirmed glimpses of their final season’s exploits as Victor Osimhen and Giovani Di Lorenzo hit the again of the online, because the guests hardly gathered any momentum over ninety minutes.
A quick begin from the Partenopei noticed Giacomo Raspadori strike the put up within the first minute. The hosts began with a blistering tempo and have been awarded a penalty when Matteo Politano was introduced down within the field by Daniel Boloca.
Osimhen scores opener
Osimhen stepped up and made it 1-0 because the hosts led within the sixteenth minute. New supervisor Rudi Garcia regarded on from the sidelines as his facet went on to the break with their noses forward.
Each Politano and Frank Anguissa had half probabilities to increase their facet’s lead firstly of the second half earlier than the guests have been lowered to 10 males.
Sending off for dissent
It appeared that Maxime Lopez mentioned one thing to the referee that didn’t go down nicely, and the official despatched him for dissent off in weird circumstances within the 51st minute.
Napoli have been awarded one other penalty within the 59th minute when Jeremy Toljan blocked off Amir Rrahmani’s header with an outstretched hand. Raspadori stepped up however missed his spot kick because the guests stored themselves within the sport.
Their pleasure was short-lived, although when Di Lorenzo made it 2-0 within the sixty fourth minute as he latched on to substitute Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s threaded ball earlier than dispatching it to the again of the online.
Napoli had a number of probabilities to increase their lead in entrance of the house trustworthy however lacked the ending touches.
The hosts ran out 2-0 winners ultimately with Sassuolo hardly making their opponent break their sweat. Napoli tackle Lazio subsequent weekend in a heavyweight conflict as Sassuolo face Verona.
Photograph credit score: IMAGO / Insidefoto
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