Osimhen and Simeone give Spalletti his last victory: the Azzurri close at 90 points
June 4 – Naples
It is a party that knows no end and has no borders. Tourists land at the airport and at the station from everywhere, all strictly armed with blue shirts. And from there it is a great procession throughout the day throughout the city, in the alleys of the center, in the main squares, outside the Maradona stadium. Naples has never tired of celebrating its heroes, the boys of the third championship. And the match against Sampdoria seems like just a pretext for a new greeting, before the last big hug between the team and the fans. It ends 2-0 (goals from Osimhen and Simeone), but the result is of little interest today. They are all here to see Captain Di Lorenzo raise the Scudetto cup, but also to gather around Luciano Spalletti, the architect of the blue miracle, on the last Neapolitan bench. Before the start, Luciano was awarded as the best coach of the season, then the awards came for Kim (best defender), Osimhen (best striker) and Kvaratskhelia (absolute Mvp 2022-23).
Quail’s tears, pride of Naples
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The match confirms the atmosphere of the last day of school, with Napoli paying homage to ex Fabio Quagliarella, son of this land, in tears during the warm-up for this last match of his career. On the pitch we go at a slow trot: Zielinski and Kvara try from outside but don’t find the goal, the former Zanoli (now at Sampdoria) is stopped by Meret on the way out and Osimhen fails to sting. The fans in the stands seem to be waiting for a flash to be able to go wild and deceive the wait for a goal with the song of pride: “We are the champions of Italy…”.
Osimhen takes care of it
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The script does not change in the second half, with Napoli dribbling slowly and Sampdoria trying the blitz in the restart. And in the 13th minute the shot to the newly entered Malagrida almost succeeds, on which Meret is good at blocking. It is the clearest goal in the first hour of play, it serves to shake up Napoli a bit. And 5′ later, here is the spark. Osimhen is knocked down in the area by Murru, Zielinski allows him to serve and the Nigerian hits the edge of the post for the blue advantage: 26th center in the league for Victor, increasingly top scorer in Serie A, 31st in the season. Napoli flies on the wings of enthusiasm: Mario Rui draws Osimhen (22′) head bank for Anguissa, on which Turk blocks. The public warmed up, Napoli began to push for real and Turk again rejected a poisonous conclusion from Gaetano.
Thanks Fabio
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The young blue talent is very unlucky and comes out in tears 8′ from the end, hurting himself. Napoli have finished the substitutions and must close in 10. And 10 is also the number that Simeone shows after the doubling Euro goal, with a missile from outside the air. He was the first Argentine to win the Scudetto in Naples after Maradona, he who Naples wanted and dreamed of for a long time, becomes the detonator of the latest explosion of blue happiness. The jubilation, on the other hand, was all for Quagliarella, replaced a handful of minutes from the end: Maradona stood up and applauded for three minutes. More tears, but they are “Napulian tears”: they could not be missing from the great celebration of the city.
June 4, 2023 (change June 4, 2023 | 20:42)
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