This was undoubtedly the most talked about result of the third group stage of the Champions League. Napoli beat Ajax 6-1 in Amsterdam. On the first matchday, Liverpool won 4-1 in the Italian city, sending their own signal to the season.
Luciano Spalletti’s team scored 9 points after the first three matches. The Italians are aimed not only at qualification, but also at the first place in the first group. This is the first Italian team to score more than ten goals (13) in the first three matches of Europe’s top club competition.
Previously, Ajax did not concede more than 5 goals at home. Napoli won the biggest European victory in their history.
Napoli’s biggest European victory in 96 years. 💪
Ajax’s biggest European defeat in their 122 years. 😳
Good and bad history made in the arena by Johan Cruyff. pic.twitter.com/imDyHmA5tC
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At the same time, Parthenopei are in first place in the Italian championship. In eight matches, Luciano Spalletti’s team has six wins and two draws. He scored 18 goals and conceded six.
And to think that at the end of last season, captain Lorenzo Insigne, the all-time leading scorer Dries Mertens, Kalidou Koulibaly and Fabian Ruit left. But Luciano Spalletti’s team wasted no time.
The most expensive transfer of this summer was the defender Kim Min Jae. Napoli paid Fenerbahçe just over 18 million euros for his acquisition. The Italian team included Giacomo Raspadori, Giovanni Simeone and Tanguy Ndombele.
However, the transfer of Kvitsa Kvarasheliya played a decisive role. Quaradona, as they call it in the southern Italian city, was purchased for 10 million euros from Dynamo Batumi.
This season, the Georgian footballer has scored six goals and provided six assists in 11 matches. The 21-year-old scored every 93 minutes.
“If Kvaratshelia is a surprise? Few people know about it, but I must say that at Napoli we have watched him since I was the team coach. He is special,” said Carlo Ancelotti. The Georgian is leading the offensive line , which has impressive automation and has so far scored in every possible and incredible way.
The big problem is Napoli’s potential “deflation” towards the end of the season. The interruption of the year due to the World Cup is a new condition for the teams, because the main football event is held in winter for the first time.
Napoli in Serie A this season:
◉ Most points
◉ Most goals
◉ Most shots
◉ Created the largest number of chancesNaples in #Championship this season:
◉ Most points
◉ Most goals
◉ Most shots
◉ Most shots on targetMeet your new favorite team. 😍
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Luciano Spalletti’s side won the Serie A title last year but crashed in the final stretch. Defeats to Fiorentina and Empoli and a draw against Roma saw Napoli a few points clear of first place, with the title eventually going to Milan in the league final.
The city in southern Italy will always belong to Diego Maradona. The Argentine played for Napoli from 1984 to 1991. With him in its composition, the team “broke” the monopoly of the north and won two championships (1987, 1990), and also took the UEFA Cup in 1989.
The stadium where Luciano Spalletti’s team plays has been named after the Argentine legend since 2020, when Maradona also died. You’re sure his aura is propelling this team to glory, to the elusive 30-year dream of a Serie A title.
The Italian south can dream again and dream of a big cup, like in the days of Diego Maradona.
Source: Kathimerini
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