PARMA: Napoli registered victory in their opening game of the season against Parma Calcio on Sunday by beating them 2-0.
Gennaro Gattuso’s side lined up in a 4-3-3 formation with the Koulibaly-Manolas paid taking care of defensive duties and The trio of Lozano,Mertens and Insigne starting the front three.
The first 20 minutes of the game saw quite a calculative approach as both teams managed to deny each other any kind of space.
⏱ 64 | GOAL!!!😍@dries_mertens14 gives us the lead with a nicely-placed finish!!#ParmaNapoli 0-1
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— Official SSC Napoli (@en_sscnapoli) September 20, 2020
In the second half Victor Oshimen came out for his debut as replacement of Diego Demme who saw a yellow earlier in the first half and the game changed a bit then.Shortly after that Napoli finally broke the deadlock as Dries Mertens slotted one past Luigi Sepe to make it 1-0. Lorenzo Insgine came close in 68th minute but his effort hit the post but he got his reward in the 77th minute when his close range shot found the net making it 2-0 and this was also his 350’th appearance for the club.
⏱ 77 | GOAL!!! 😍
Captain @Lor_Insigne makes it two!!!💥#ParmaNapoli 0-2
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— Official SSC Napoli (@en_sscnapoli) September 20, 2020
Napoli will be hoping to keep this momentum alive when they meet Genoa on September 27.
