Napoli defeated Empoli and continued to chase Juventus

03 November 2018, 16:59 | Sports
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"Napoli" in the 11th round of the Championship of Italy broke "Empoli" with a score of 5: 1.

The hosts opened the scoring in the 9th minute of Lorenzo Insigne, receiving a pass from Kalida Koulibali, improved his position and elegantly outplayed the goalkeeper..

Even before the break, the Neapolitans doubled the lead in the score - Dries Mertens pulled the ball and sent it to the far corner with a jeweler’s long-range shot..

At the 58th minute, the guests revived hope to take points in the match - Francesco Caputo noted with a goal.

However, fans of Empoli were not happy for long. At the 64th minute, Jose Kalejon otpasoval under the blow of Mertens, and the Belgian outplayed the goalkeeper with one touch.

And before the final whistle, wards Carlo Ancelotti twice scored into the opponent's goal, making the score crushing. At the 90th minute, Arkadiusz Milik scored, and already in the second half compensated time, Mertens scored a hat-trick.



Note that Dries scored his 98 ball in a Neapolitan t-shirt, coming in sixth place in the list of top scorers in the history of the club. In addition, the last goal was 73 for the forward in Serie A and made the football player the most productive Belgian in the history of the tournament.

Thanks to the victory, “Napoli” scored 25 points and continues to pursue the championship leader - “Juventus” in the standings. “Empoli” with 6 points remained eighteenth.




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