In the round of 16 second leg of the Champions League, Napoli defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 and qualified at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Italy. Osimhen (twice) and Zielinski were responsible for the winning goals on Wednesday.
After also winning 2-0 in the first leg, coach Luciano Spalletti’s men made history for the club. O Napoli it had never reached the quarter-finals of Europe’s top competition before. The team also has a great campaign in the Italian Championship and is at the top of the table, with 68 points in 26 matches.
Now, Napoli joins Inter and Milan as Italy’s teams guaranteed in the next phase of the Champions League. The draw, which can put two of the three teams face to face, will take place next Friday, at 8 am (Brasília time).
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Frankfurt, on the other hand, said goodbye to the tournament after passing second in group D. Champion of the last Europa League, the German club is fighting for the G4 of the German Championship and will try to return to the competition next season. Currently, the team occupies sixth place, with 40 points.
The game
The best chances of the first half came from Kvaratskhelia’s feet. In the 18th minute, the Napoli player drove into the attacking field and only stopped after goalkeeper Trapp closed the corner well. Already at 42, the Georgian received the ball from Zielinski and was stopped again by the German.
In addition, Politano received a pass over Lobotka and crossed from the right to Osimhen. The Nigerian climbed very high and headed alone, in the left corner of Trapp, to open the scoring of the game.
In the second half, Napoli’s top scorer scored once again. After Di Lorenzo’s cross, Osimhen threw himself on the ball to score the second of the game. Despite scoring the goal, the attacker fell on his own hand and had to be attended to by the club’s doctors to continue on the field.
In the 18th minute, Sow brought down Zielinski in the area and the referee awarded a penalty to the home team. The Pole himself went to the kick and kicked in the middle of the goal, marking the third for his team.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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