Revenge is served: Napoli takes revenge against Cremonese after their elimination from the Coppa Italia, securing a hat-trick in the league. The driving forces?
The usual suspects: Kvaratskhelia and Osimhen , on target once again in the final 3-0 victory at the Maradona.
Spalletti doesn't change, emergency for Ballardini in attack
A winning team doesn't change: Spalletti once again confirmed his best players. Meret in goal, Rrahmani and Kim in the middle, with captain Di Lorenzo and Mario Rui at full-back. Lobotka in midfield with Zielinski and Anguissa , Kvaratskhelia and Lozano in attack, with Osimhen as the striker.
Ballardini is looking to repeat his Coppa Italia feat . Carnesecchi will be in goal, followed by Ferrari , Chiriches , and Vasquez in the defensive trio. Aiwu and Sernicola are the full-backs, while Pickel , Meité , and Benassi will be in midfield. Tsadjout and Felix will be the two in an emergency attack.
Kvara breaks the deadlock, then Napoli claims a penalty not given
Napoli started slowly but still had the first chance: Di Lorenzo tried from distance but Carnesecchi saved.
Shortly after, Cremonese threatened: Sernicola 's cross crossed the entire area, Vasquez stopped it all alone in front of Meret but was caught by Lozano , who scored the decisive goal. Despite some errors in ball control, Napoli continued to threaten again with Di Lorenzo's header.
The goal is only postponed: Kvaratskhelia takes care of it in the 21st minute. The Georgian collects the ball near the corner, skips past Sernicola and with a low shot beats Carnesecchi to make it 1-0.
In the 28th minute, Kvara almost scored a brace with a header from Di Lorenzo 's cross , but it came to nothing. Osimhen also entered the game , sought out by his teammates, especially with crosses for his head, but no dangerous opportunities arose.
The first half ends with the Azzurri claiming a penalty for contact on Kvaratskhelia.
Osimhen doubles, Elmas comes in and closes it
The second half began with Napoli still dangerous: a chance for Lozano , saved by Carnesecchi . In the 65th minute the Azzurri found the goal to double their lead: from a corner kick, Di Lorenzo rose again in advance, the ball remained in the area and it was Kim who headed it into the six-yard box where Osimhen only had to tap it into the net with the goal at his mercy.
Spalletti 's first changes see the entrances of Olivera and Elmas . Zielinski and Mario Rui go out.
And the third goal, shortly after, was served by the Macedonian who had just entered the game: found by Di Lorenzo , the number 7 unleashed a strong and tense diagonal shot that beat Carnesecchi for the third time , closing the match.
