By Daily sports on May 9, 2021
Victor Osimhen scored twice as Napoli beat Spezia 4-1 to move second in Serie A on Saturday to keep in the chase for a return to Champions League football next season.
Piotr Zielinski had opened the scoring after a quarter of an hour against the Ligurian side with Osimhen getting two more in the first half and then setting up Hirving Lozano for a fourth with 11 minutes to go.
Napoli are one-point ahead of three teams – Atalanta, Juventus and AC Milan – who are tied on 69 points before they play this weekend.
Gennaro Gattuso’s side had lost 2-1 to Spezia in Naples back in January, but hit back against the relegation-threatened side to extend their unbeaten run to 12 consecutive games.
Polish midfielder Zielinski finished off a Giovanni Di Lorenzo pull-back after 15 minutes and then provided the cross for Nigerian international Osimhen to score the second eight minutes later.
The Nigerian completed his first Serie A brace off a Lorenzo Insigne free-kick just before the break to bring his tally to seven goals in as many games.
The 22-year-old has scored a total of 10 goals in 21 games played this campaign. (AFP)
•PHOTO: Victor Osimhen
Source Daily sports
Posted May 9, 2021
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