A slap in the first match of the season helped them and since then they have been running like clockwork. After the loss in the opening round, the Napoli footballers did not find a winner and confirmed their position as the leader of Serie A against Como.
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Stanislav Lobotka applauds the fans after the win of SSC Napoli over Como.
The rookie arrived at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on Friday evening as an outsider, and it didn’t help at all that he overslept the start.
Scott McTominay scored the home team’s first goal after only 25 seconds of the game.
Romelu Lukaku played a significant role in SSC’s triumph, the Belgian striker scored the winning goal from a penalty kick in the 53rd minute and set up two more precise hits for his teammates.
After a 3:1 win, Napoli extended their league streak to six matches, and Stanislav Lobotka also had a lot of credit for that. The Slovakian midfielder played almost the entire match, substituting only in the added time of the second half.
With a rating of 7.3, the Flash Score portal ranked him together with McTominay and Lukaku among the three best players of the home team.
The game of the Slovak “six” also impressed the opponent’s coach Cesc Fabregas.
The world champion and European champion do not need to be introduced to the fans. The former star of Barcelona and Arsenal used to be an elite midfielder himself, and he knows how to appreciate quality play in the middle of the field very well.
“Mamma mia, Lobotka is an amazing player! Please give him to me, he wants eleven players like that. You need players like that when you want to win matches.
Players who understand football and know how to take the ball away from opponents. I respect them very much,” said the 37-year-old Spaniard, who sat on the bench of the newcomer from Como last year, with a dose of Italian.
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fabregas Respect between two legends – Como coach Cesc Fabregas and Napoli coach Antonio Conte.
Despite the loss to Vesuvius, he saw positives in his team’s performance.
“I’m not satisfied because we lost, we came here for points. But I praise the players for their courage, we played well in the first hour.
That was the integrity of our game, that’s how we want to present ourselves,” he continued in his assessment of the match for the Italian media.
He also mentioned his colleague, home coach Antonio Conte, and admitted that there is great respect between them.
“I spent 10 minutes with him in the coaching room, we exchanged opinions on several topics. He is a great coach, he has been training for years, he has won a lot.
He coached players of the highest quality and it was a pleasure and an honor to face him. For me, he is one of the best coaches in the last 10-15 years,” he said to his Italian colleague.
Retegui’s hat trick on Saturday
The Udinese footballers won Saturday’s match of the 7th round of the Italian Serie A at home over Lecce 1:0 and rose continuously to the second place in the table. The triumph was decided by Jordan Zemura a quarter of an hour before the end.
Atalanta Bergamo outclassed FC Genoa 5:1 when striker Mateo Retegui shone with a hat trick and an assist. The home team is in 9th place, Genoa has not won five rounds and is only in 18th position.
Series A – 7. color
Udinese Calcio – US Lecce 1:0 (0:0)
Goal: 75. Zemura
Atalanta Bergamo – FC Genoa 5:1 (1:0)
Goals: 24th, 50th and 74th Retegui (third from 11m), 60th Ederson, 80th De Roon – 83rd Ekhator
Inter Milan – FC Torino 3:2 (2:1)
Goals: 25., 35. and 60. Thuram – 36. Zapata, 86. Vlašič (from 11 m), ČK: 20. Maripan (Turin)
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