The leader Napoli, once again with goals from his duo in great phase, Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, celebrated with a victory over Sassuolo (2-0), this Friday, the thousandth game as a professional of his coach Luciano Spalletti .
Showing no signs of weariness, Napoli claimed their 20th win in 23 games and temporarily increased their lead at the top of the Italian Championship for 18 points over Inter Milan (2nd), which receives Udinese this Saturday.
But the reward Spalletti is hoping for is undoubtedly winning the ‘Scudetto’ for the first time in his long career at the end of the season.
“The only thing we can do is continue what we do well,” Spalletti told DAZN after the match.
“Sassuolo is a team that knows how to play football, you can’t dominate during the 90 minutes, but in the second half we did several things very well.”
At 64 (which he will be in March), ‘Lucio’ would become the oldest coach to be crowned in Serie A, surpassing Maurizio Sarri, champion in 2020 with Juventus aged 61.
The 1000th game of his career did not provoke much nervousness in the coach who has managed Empoli, Sampdoria, Venezia, Udinese, Roma, Zenit St Petersburg and Inter Milan.
The Georgian Kvaratskhelia opened the scoring early, in the 12th minute, and the Nigerian Osimhen extended the lead to the 33rd, totaling 18 goals this season in the league.
Sassuolo, despite a difficult season in which they currently occupy 15th place, had a good start.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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