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A goal by striker Victor Osimhen and an own goal by Empoli defender Ardian Ismajli earned 10-man Napoli a 2-0 away win in Serie A on Saturday, ...

The Portuguese netted 11 in 2019-20. but full-back Mario Rui is sent off for Luciano Spalletti's side after kicking out at an opponent A goal by striker Victor Osimhen and an own goal by Empoli defender Ardian Ismajli earned 10-man Napoli a 2-0 away win in Serie A on Saturday, extending their lead over second-placed Inter Milan to a staggering 18 points.

A goal by striker Victor Osimhen and an own goal by Empoli defender Ardian Ismajli earned 10-man Napoli a 2-0 away win in Serie A on Saturday, ...

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Victor Osimhen continued his hot streak on Saturday with the second in Napoli's 2-0 win at Empoli which stretched the league leaders' massive advantage to ...

Second-placed Inter are one of five teams battling for the remaining three Champions League positions and are three points ahead of both champions AC Milan and Roma. Inter Milan can cut the gap between them and Napoli back to 15 points with a win at Bologna on Sunday, but the title appears to be as good as gone for Italy's traditional northern powerhouses. "To be considered one of the best strikers in Europe is a huge thing for me, it's huge motivation," Osimhen told DAZN.

A goal by striker Victor Osimhen and an own goal by Empoli defender Ardian Ismajli earned 10-man Napoli a 2-0 away win in Serie A on Saturday, ...

Victor Osimhen hit his 10th Serie A goal since the turn of the year as leader Napoli stretched its advantage to 18 points by winning 2-0 at Empoli on Sunday ...

With a quarter of the game remaining, Napoli boss Luciano Spalletti responded by bringing off forwards Kvaratskhelia and Hirving Lozano, replacing them with midfielder Eljif Elmas and defender Mathias Olivera. The task was complicated for Napoli when its former Empoli left-back Rui was red-carded for his cheap shot at Caputo, catching the striker in a tender spot. It was 2-0 in the 28th minute and again Kvaratskhelia was involved, with his skidding shot parried by Guglielmo Vicario to the lurking Osimhen, who had a simple task of tucking past the floored goalkeeper.

Napoli reinforced their iron grip on the Serie A title race with a 2-0 victory at Empoli on Saturday evening.

The advantage was doubled on 28 minutes by Victor Osimhen. Not since the days of Diego Maradona have Napoli won the title, but they look set to get their hands on the Scudetto for the first time since the Argentina legend led them to glory for a second time in 1990. Napoli reinforced their iron grip on the Serie A title race with a 2-0 victory at Empoli on Saturday evening.

Napoli's full-back Mario Rui was given his marching orders after he kicked out at an opponent in an intimate area - but fans have joked he was aiming for ...

While a third joked: "Since when do you get a red for kicking the ball?" However, the incident soon went viral on social media, with football fans joking Rui had kicked the wrong balls. The Portuguese full-back had tangled with Francesco Caputo, and he had reacted by appearing to kick out at the Empoli striker.

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Napoli moved a huge 18 points clear at the top of Serie A on Saturday with yet another routine victory, this time against mid-table Empoli.

Inter Milan, in second place, have racked up six losses so far and it would take a truly spectacular collapse from Napoli for the Milan club to any threat whatsoever over the rest of the season. Back in Serie A, some potentially tougher challenges are coming up over the coming weeks. Napoli are currently riding an eight game Serie A winning streak, with Osimhen scoring in all eight of those games.

Victor Osimhen believes Napoli's success is the result of great leadership as Luciano Spalletti's te...

"Today the concern was that our level of fighting might be lower than theirs," said Spalletti. Winning here today was very complicated because Empoli are an excellent team." "He wants every player to be able to express himself at his best and we follow him because we're doing an extraordinary job which can be seen in the game and in the results."

Rome (Italy): Napoli registered their eighth consecutive victory in Serie A as they sailed away with a 2-0 win over Empoli on Saturday, despite Mario Rui's ...

Napoli are in an electric mode since the start of the season, as they have put one foot in the Champions League last 8 after seeing off Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0, on top of a 15-point advantage on the Serie A table before Saturday’s game. The away side did all the work in the first half as they went ahead in the 17th minute thanks to an own goal from Ardian Ismajli, before Victor Osimhen added another with a follow-up 10 minutes later, reports news agency Xinhua. Rome (Italy): Napoli registered their eighth consecutive victory in Serie A as they sailed away with a 2-0 win over Empoli on Saturday, despite Mario Rui’s red card.

Napoli win 2-0 to go 18 points clear of 2nd-place Inter Milan - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Napoli increased their points to 65 in 24 matches and is 18 points ahead of Inter, who will visit Bologna on Sunday. Napoli are getting closer to their long-awaited Italian Serie A title with each week as they beat Empoli 2-0 in a Saturday away match to go 18 points clear of second-place Inter Milan.

Internazionale suffered a damaging 1-0 defeat at Bologna that virtually ended their slim hopes of winning the Serie A title.

They had brief spells of possession in the first half, but created few clearcut chances as Lautaro Martínez headed an Alessandro Bastoni cross just wide of the target and Henrikh Mkhitaryan twice fired over the bar. Minutes later, Roberto Soriano rattled the woodwork on the rebound after André Onana had parried Andrea Cambiaso’s volley into his path. At the same ground where their title aspirations were dealt a decisive blow last season, Riccardo Orsolini’s goal condemned Inter to another loss.

Bologna made sure that Napoli would finish the weekend 18 points clear at the top of Serie A thanks to their 1-0 win over Inter Milan on Sunday.

Bologna also move above Juventus who are hoping for a fourth straight league win against local rivals Torino on Tuesday after crushing Nantes to reach the last 16 of the Europa League last 16 in midweek. Bologna are six points behind Atalanta who are at Milan in Sunday's late match and sit in the last European spot in sixth. Bologna (Italy) (AFP) – Bologna made sure that Napoli would finish the weekend 18 points clear at the top of Serie A thanks to their 1-0 win over Inter Milan on Sunday.

A 2-0 win at Empoli means just as much as recent wins over Juventus, Roma and other big Serie A clubs for Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti.

Then Osimhen converted a rebound of a shot from Kvaratskhelia for his league-best 19th. “I love what he did and I appreciate his confidence in me.” This season, of course, seems altogether different with Napoli holding a comfortable lead.

Bologna made sure that Napoli would finish the weekend 18 points clear at the top of Serie A thanks to their 1-0 win over Inter Milan on Sunday.

Bologna also move above Juventus who are hoping for a fourth straight league win against local rivals Torino on Tuesday after crushing Nantes to reach the last 16 of the Europa League last 16 in midweek. Thiago Motta's side also had a Musa Barrow goal disallowed for offside and struck the bar through Roberto Soriano in the first half. [Inter](https://www.besoccer.com/team/internazionale) had the chance to move back to within 15 points of Napoli, who beat Empoli 2-0 on Saturday, with a win.

Former Napoli defender Salvatore Aronica is confident that Inter will qualify for the Champions League next season via a top four finish in Serie A.

“In the Champions League it is difficult to make predictions. In the end Roma will get the better of Lazio. “Spalletti counts for a lot.