Victor Osimhen Returns From Injury And Napoli Beats Atalanta 2-1 In Coach Walter Mazzarri’s Debut

ROME: Victor Osimhen is again and so could be Napoli below new coach Walter Mazzarri.

Osimhen got here off the bench to mark his first look after greater than a month injured and proved decisive in a 2-1 win at Atalanta on Saturday for the defending Serie A champion.

Osimhen took benefit of a poor clearance from Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi and caught out his boot to push the ball along with his toes towards fellow substitute Eljif Elmas, who used one contact to redirect it in for the winner within the 79th minute.

Osimhen, final season’s prime scorer within the Italian league, hadn’t performed since injuring his proper thigh with Nigeria final month.

Mazzarri, who additionally coached Napoli a decade in the past, was employed to switch the fired Rudi Garcia after Napoli misplaced to Empoli earlier than the worldwide break — the Partenopei’s third house loss this marketing campaign after dropping solely two all of final season.

Napoli moved as much as third place, one level forward of AC Milan, which was internet hosting Fiorentina later, and inside seven factors of chief Inter Milan, which visits second-place Juventus on Sunday.

Atalanta dropped to sixth.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia put Napoli forward with a header late within the first half. Ademola Lookman equalized for Atalanta with a header after the break.

Both sides had targets waved off for offside after video evaluations — a first-half header from Napoli heart again Amir Rrahmani and a second-half effort from Atalanta midfielder Mario Pasalic.

Napoli additionally misplaced left again Matias Olivera to an obvious knee damage.

Up subsequent for Napoli is a go to to Real Madrid within the Champions League on Wednesday after which a match in opposition to Inter subsequent weekend.

Last-place Salernitana produced a 2-1 comeback win over visiting Lazio for its first victory of the season.

Former Lazio winger Antonio Candreva scored the deciding aim with a swerving shot from past the world.

Ciro Immobile had put Lazio forward with a penalty kick to grow to be the primary Serie A participant to attain 100 away targets. But then Grigoris Kastanos equalized for Salernitana to begin the comeback.

Salernitana moved inside two factors of security, whereas Lazio remained tenth.

Lazio has gained solely 5 of 13 matches after ending second final season and is winless for 3 matches.

“Over the coming days I will make an evaluation and if I find that the fault is mine, then I will assume responsibility and tell the president to make a change,” Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri stated. “But for the moment I’m not there yet.”

Lazio hosts Celtic within the Champions League on Tuesday.

Players and coaches throughout the league had pink marks painted on their faces to advertise a marketing campaign for the elimination of violence in opposition to ladies.

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