For the last two meetings of this Sunday counting for the 2nd day of Serie A, Naples and Lazio respectively received Sassuolo and Genoa. In the first confrontation, the Partenopei quickly took control of the game against visitors cowering in their last meters in defense. Despite numerous attacks including a post from Giacomo Raspadori shortly after kick-off (2nd), it was necessary to wait for Daniel Boloca’s foul on Matteo Politano in his own area to see Victor Osimhen open the scoring on penalty (16th, 1- 0). Shortly after half an hour of play, Ruan Tressoldi’s header narrowly passed the cages of Alex Meret (36th) just like that of Frank Anguissa a few minutes earlier for the Neapolitans (35th). Upon returning from the locker room, the face of the meeting did not change as the Neapolitans continued to take the game on their own.
While Victor Osimhen narrowly missed the target (47th), Maxime Lopez took a red card after having had an exchange with the referee of this meeting (57th). After this exclusion, the Partenopei obtained many chances including a missed penalty by Giacomo Raspadori (60th). A few seconds after the entry into play of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, for his first minutes of the season in Serie A, the Georgian found Giovanni Di Lorenzo who was not asked to score the goal of the break (64th). Thanks to this victory, Naples joins AC Milan at the top of the Italian championship. In the other meeting of this evening in Italy, Lazio fell on a bone after the opener of the new recruit Matteo Retegui for Genoa (16th, 0-1). A second defeat in as many games for the Roman club.
