Lecce 0-4 Napoli - Rudy Garcia's side stroll to victory over hosts in Serie A with four different goalscorers
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Updated 30/09/2023 at 15:01 GMT
It ended up being a fairly comfortable victory for Napoli, who travelled to Lecce expecting to record a victory and duly came away with all three points in their Serie A encounter. A header from Leo Ostigard following a corner gave the visitors the lead, and Victor Osimhen then made it two as he got on the scoresheet. Gianluca Gaetano added a third late on before a penalty made it four.
Leo Østigård of SSC Napoli celebrates after scoring a goal during the Serie A TIM match between US Lecce and SSC Napoli at Stadio Via del Mare on September 30, 2023 in Lecce
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Victor Osimhen came off the bench to score as Napoli made it two wins in a week by beating Lecce 4-0 away in Serie A.
The reigning Scudetto champions edged an entertaining first half and took the lead courtesy of a header from Leo Ostigard following a corner.
Giovanni Simeone, who replaced Osimhen in the line-up, came agonisingly close to doubling their lead with a shot from the edge of the box that went wide.
Lecce, who started the day on the same number of points as Napoli, should have equalised through Marin Pongracic, who fired over from six yards after a corner.
Osimhen, who was rested due to Tuesday's Champions League clash with Real Madrid, came on at the break and scored with a trademark header from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's delicious cross after a swift counter attack.
The home side made a raft of changes, but Rudy Garcia's side made it 3-0 when Gianluca Gaetano scored from the edge of the box from Giacomo Raspadori's layoff and four when a penalty was converted by Matteo Politano in stoppage time.
The win sees Napoli climb to third in the table.
TALKING POINT
Osimhen's future remains an issue for the reigning champions
The striker has had a challenging week on and off the field.
Napoli stopped short of an apology for that bizarre TikTok video on the Nigerian's penalty miss last weekend which was later deleted following a backlash.
After the threat of legal action from his agent and Osimhen removing pictures of him in a Napoli shirt from his social media account, he showed the row has not affected his performances on the field.
After surprisingly being named on the bench today, he took just six minutes to score to score having also netted against Udinese in midweek.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Piotr Zielińsk (Napoli): The Poland midfielder was the glue for the visitors' attacks with his vision and unselfish play. He provided the assist for the opening goal and was a constant threat.
PLAYER RATINGS
LECCE: Falcone 5; Gendrey 6, Baschirotto 5, Pongracic 5, Gallo 6, Blin 5, Ramadani 6, Rafia 6, Almqvist 6, Krstovic 7, Strefezza 6. Subs: Dorgu 5, Oudin 5, Gonzalez 5, Piccoli n/a, Corfitzen n/a.
NAPOLI: Meret 7, Di Lorenzo 6, Ostigard 7, Natan 7, Olivera 6, Anguissa 6, Lobotka 5, Zielinski 9, Lindstrøm 6, Simeone 6, Kvaratskhelia 7. Subs: Osimhen 8, Politano 6, Raspadori 7, Lobotka n/a, Gaetano 7.
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS:
16' - GOAL FOR NAPOLI! From a free-kick, Zielinski's delivery to the back post is headed into the top corner by Ostigard.
31' - WHAT A MISS! Corner to Lecce. It comes to Pongracic who has time to control and under pressure from Natan fires it over from all of six yards!
51' - GOAL FOR NAPOLI! It is that man Osimhen netting with a header from a lovely cross from Kvaratskhelia from the left.
53' - DISALLOWED GOAL! Krstovic's shots are charged down, it falls to Strefezza who heads it in. But the goal is disallowed for a handball by Krstovic.
88' - GOAL FOR NAPOLI! Gaetano scores from the edge of the box from Raspadori's layoff.
90'+5 - GOAL FOR NAPOLI! It is from the penalty spot. Ramadani brings down Gaetano. Politano steps up and scores!
KEY STAT
Piotr Zielinski is one of the two midfielders, along with Giacomo Bonaventura, to have scored at least one goal and provided at least one assist in each of the last nine Serie A seasons since 2015/16.
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