Serie A pacesetter Napoli bounced again from their Italian Cup elimination with a 2-0 win over regional rival Salernitana on Saturday.
Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Victor Osimhen scored both facet of halftime as Napoli moved 12 factors away from defending champions AC Milan forward of the Rossoneri’s recreation at Lazio on Tuesday.
Napoli misplaced in a penalty shootout to Cremonese for the final time in Serie A within the Italian Cup on Tuesday.
Di Lorenzo scored underneath the crossbar in first-half further time and Osimhen tapped within the rebound three minutes after the break.
Osimhen leads the league with 13 targets in 16 appearances.
Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret secured a clear sheet seven minutes from time by pushing Krzysztof Piatek’s shot off the put up.
Salernitana had a wild week together with an 8-2 rout by Atalanta final weekend, firing coach David Nicola on Monday and rehiring him on Wednesday.
Also, Torino received 1–0 at Fiorentina with targets from Aleksej Miranchuk and Hellas Verona beat Lecce 2–0 with targets from Fabio Depaoli and Darko Lajovic.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
