Napoli
celebrated its status as Calcio Serie A champion this Sunday with a victory at the
Diego Armando Maradona
stadium against
Fiorentina
(1-0) thanks to a goal from Nigerian
Victor Osimhen
, top scorer in Serie A. The stands were grocery stores and its surroundings as well.
Naples was partying again.
This time he was able to do it with his players, turned into heroes, and after a hard-fought victory on a day in which, yes, the result was the least of it.
The atmosphere in old San Polo and in the surrounding streets was already before the full festive start due to the meeting of the team and the city already as champions.
The hall of the 'Fiore', which had Nicolás González as the starter, as a sign of respect and the brief ceremony in a full blue stadium gave way to a game of joy in the southern city in which Luciano Spalletti gave entry to players not very common.
However, the coach kept Osimhen as a starter so that the striker could continue scoring goals and thus get closer to the goal of becoming the first African 'capocannoniere' in Serie A in history.
The Nigerian did not miss his appointment with the goal, but he had to miss two occasions before which he is not used to forgiving.
First a penalty that was saved by Terraciano, not too well executed by him, and then a Vaseline that stung before going in and ran into the crossbar.
It seemed that the goal was going to resist an Osimhen who did not stop looking for it, but his faithful squire, Kvartaskhelia, appeared at the key moment, who came on from the bench and after the injury of 'Chuky' Lozano, to provoke the second penalty pm.
Despite the previous mistake, no one in the entire city doubted that the pitcher would be Osimhen.
So it was.
This time he did not forgive from eleven meters and scored his 23rd goal of a spectacular season in which he has also provided four assists so far.
He then left, replaced by the Argentine Giovanni Simeone.
The 'Fiore', who in the first half was able to take the lead on the scoreboard several times taking advantage of a Neapolitan eleven with many substitutes, remained faithful to their game during the second half, in which they also had chances to equalize the game.
However, just as it was last Thursday, this Sunday was the afternoon of a Napoli that is still partying and that will continue like this for quite some time, celebrating a historic title -33 years after the last one- with a victory in front of their fans, in a Diego Armando Maradona full, dedicated and to whom his team "owed" a proper celebration.
The referee's final whistle sparked the second massive party of the week.
It will not be the last because, at least, there is one prepared for the last day.
The 'Fiore', for its part, remains eighth with 46 points, twelve behind Roma and Atalanta, still far from a fight for the European places that seems increasingly complicated for the 'Viola' with four days to go .
Source: EFE
