Napoli won against Sassuolo 2-0 at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in Naples in a matchup from the Serie A 2nd round, as they also won their opener – 1-3 against Frosinone.
✅ La vinciamo noi!#NapoliSassuolo 2-0 pic.twitter.com/OrRkZM22Jh
— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) August 27, 2023
Victor Osimhen converted a penalty in the 16th minute. Things became even harder for the away team when Maxime Lopez received a red in the 52nd minute.
Napoli received a second penalty in the 60th minute, but Giacomo Raspadori took it this time, and he missed it.
Osimhen has opened the scoring for Napoli 🔵🔥
𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐭 🤩 pic.twitter.com/jviy36mUxC
— LiveScore (@livescore) August 27, 2023
However, only 4 minutes later captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo netted to give his side a double lead as the assist gave Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who entered the pitch only 3 minutes before that.
🔄 61′ — Kvaratskhelia comes on for Napoli
⚽️ 64′ — Kvaratskhelia gets an assistKvara is BACK! Hopefully we see him + Osimhen start vs Lazio next game…🤞👀 pic.twitter.com/ybh5kqRTYK
— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) August 27, 2023
Napoli will have a tough task next weekend when they host Lazio, while Sassuolo will try to win 1st points in the new season against Verona at home.