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Napoli shall be assured a spot in subsequent season’s Champions League in the event that they win their last sport of the season at residence to Hellas Verona
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- Last Updated:May 16, 2021, 20:13 IST
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Napoli captain Lorenzo Insigne scored to assist his facet beat 10-man Fiorentina 2-0 and transfer into provisional third place within the Serie A desk on Sunday as they chase a Champions League spot.
The win leaves Gennaro Gattuso’s facet on 76 factors, one level forward of AC Milan and Juventus in fourth and fifth respectively, earlier than Milan host Cagliari later on Sunday.
Napoli shall be assured a spot in subsequent season’s Champions League in the event that they win their last sport of the season at residence to Hellas Verona subsequent Sunday.
Juve had crushed champions Inter Milan on Saturday to maneuver above Napoli, who subsequently travelled to Florence needing a victory to make sure they’d go into the ultimate spherical of fixtures in one of many 4 Champions League qualifying positions.
Napoli have been annoyed by the Thirteenth-placed hosts within the first half as goalkeeper Pietro Terracciano stored out Piotr Zielinski’s strike and Insigne’s free-kick rattled the bar, whereas Fiorentina striker Dusan Vlahovic had a header dominated out for offside.
The breakthrough got here after 57 minutes when Napoli have been awarded a penalty for a shirt pull at a nook following a VAR overview, and Viola substitute Bartlomiej Dragowski was proven a straight purple card for protesting the choice.
Insigne’s tame spot kick was saved however he fired residence the rebound, and the Italy winger was near a second when denied by the woodwork once more with a low shot that struck the submit.
Napoli doubled their benefit on the 67th minute when Insigne laid off a go to Zielinski, whose first-time strike took a giant deflection off Lorenzo Venuti on its approach in and was awarded as an personal aim to wrap up the factors.
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