Nigeria worldwide Victor Osimhen scored a hat-trick as Serie A champions Napoli got here from behind to earn a convincing 6-1 win over relegation-threatened Sassuolo in a league match performed on the Stadio Mapei – Citta del Tricolore on Wednesday.
It was Osimhen’s second hat-trick in Italy, who has now scored five targets over three matches in seven days since returning from the African Cup of Nations, where he helped Nigeria attain the ultimate.
This means that the 25-year-old Nigerian striker, who managed to attain only one aim in seven matches on the 2023 AFCON, has now scored in each game for Napoli since his return from the event.
The Tremendous Eagles striker, who had a stellar efficiency final season, grew to become the third Napoli participant to attain not less than ten targets in 4 consecutive seasons after Argentina legend Diego Maradona (1984-85 to 1987-88) and Attila Sallustro (1929-30 to 1932-33).
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Napoli earned their first win under new supervisor Francesco Calzona. The outcome retains the Serie A champions in ninth place within the Serie A desk, now eight factors off the highest 4.
Calzona, Napoli’s third coach this season, was employed to exchange the fired Walter Mazzarri final week and had to date produced attracts with Barcelona within the Champions League and Cagliari in Serie A.
Sassuolo is third from the underside and prolonged its winless run to seven in its first sport underneath Emiliano Bigica, who changed the fired Alessio Dionisi on Sunday.
In a matchup of two of this season’s most enormous disappointments, Sassuolo went forward early when Uros Racic scored with an extended, low, curving shot.
Napoli defender Amir Rrahmani equalized after getting arranged by Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
Then Osimhen took over with three targets in 16 minutes.
Matteo Politano arranged Osimhen’s first two targets, enabling the final season’s scoring chief to faucet in twice. Then Khvicha Kvaratskhelia intercepted a gifted cross from a Sassuolo defender and shifted the ball over to Osimhen for one more straightforward aim.
Kvaratskhelia acquired on the rating sheet himself when he dribbled in from the left wing and launched a correct shot using a crowd of defenders. Then, the Georgia dribbling wizard scored again by gathering a rebound of his image and sending another lengthy shot.
Napoli will hope to proceed with their profitable kind once they go to Barcelona for the second leg of their Champions League final 16 matches on March 12.
