Serie A Roundup: Sarri insults his former fans then directs Lazio to win over Napoli
ROME (AP) — Former Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri reacted with an offensive gesture towards the native followers when Lazio’s practice arrived within the southern metropolis on Friday.
On Saturday, the bespectacled supervisor who likes to cite Charles Bukowski made a a lot larger impression in his former stadium when he directed Lazio to a 2-1 win that ended Napoli’s excellent begin to Serie A.
Lazio misplaced each of its opening matches after ending second to Napoli final season — albeit 16 factors behind the runaway champion. But the Roman membership had an altogether completely different strategy for this match.
“Tonight we showed what we could do against the best team in Serie A,” mentioned Lazio winger Luis Alberto, who was concerned in each objectives. ”We generally is a sturdy crew once we need to.”
Sarri, who coached Napoli from 2015-18 for his first job with a serious crew after many years with provincial golf equipment, restored a profitable mentality to the Partenopei that was topped when Luciano Spalletti coached Victor Osimhen and Co. to Napoli’s first title in additional than three many years final season.
Now he’s making an attempt to realize the identical factor at Lazio, which final gained Serie An almost 1 / 4 of a century in the past.
Sarri additionally coached Lazio to a win at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in March — one among solely two house losses for Napoli final season.
Luis Alberto and Felipe Anderson mixed on the Lazio objectives. First, Luis Alberto put the guests forward with a backheel shot after getting arrange by Anderson. After the break, Anderson once more carried down the suitable wing earlier than a cross that Luis Alberto’s faux left for Daichi Kamada to strike in.
It was Kamada’s first aim in Italy after the Japan worldwide joined Lazio from Eintracht Frankfurt.
Piotr Zielinski equalized for Napoli two minutes after Luis Alberto’s aim with a deflected shot.
Lazio had two extra objectives wiped off for offside upon VAR evaluation, and goalkeeper Ivan Provedel palmed a shot from Napoli dribbling wizard Khvicha Kvaratskhelia over the bar early on.
Osimhen, who scored three objectives in Napoli’s opening two video games, threatened solely sometimes.
Napoli was three factors behind AC Milan, which beat Roma 2-1 on Friday.
SCAMACCA’S IMPACT
Back in Italy after a 12 months with West Ham, Gianluca Scamacca scored twice as Atalanta beat Monza 3-0.
First, Scamacca powered in a towering header, then he fired in from the sting of the realm,
Ederson put Atalanta forward after a setup by Charles De Ketelaere, who was on mortgage from AC Milan.
BOLOGNA COMEBACK
Bologna got here again from a aim right down to beat Claudio Ranieri’s Cagliari 2-1, with Giovanni Fabbian scoring the winner within the 89th following an error by goalkeeper Boris Radunovic. It’s one other constructive outcome for Thiago Motta’s Bologna following a draw at Juventus final weekend.
Also, Udinese and promoted Frosinone drew 0-0.
