HT: Cagliari zero-2 Napoli

Napoli keep on a five-star performance to crush Cagliari 5-zero on Monday and provisionally high-tail Four points certain on the head of Serie A.

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VAR and a lack of it made for a chaotic start and dwell to the first 1/2, but Napoli’s Magic Rectangle all got on the scoresheet, sooner than Mario Rui performed the rout with a sexy free kick.

Simplest lengthy-duration of time casualty Faouzi Ghoulam modified into once lacking at left-succor for the guests, with Mario Rui staying on in his situation sooner than novel recruit Hrvoje Milic.

Cagliari, within the period in-between, handed a first start of the season to Kwang-Song Han, the North Korean sensation who had returned from a loan spell at Perugia and modified into once linked with Juventus remaining month.

The Partenopei had been unbeaten in their remaining 15 League conferences with the Sardinians, whose most most up-to-date fetch got here in April 2009.

An early likelihood fell to Mertens, who poked wide from finish differ, but Napoli might maybe well perhaps additionally quiet’ve been awarded a penalty and the VAR consulted because the Belgian’s shirt modified into once clearly pulled by Charalampos Lykogiannis.

However, the Partenopei dusted themselves down and took the lead, when Allan’s cutback modified into once angled into the bottom-left corner of Alessio Cragno’s fetch by Callejon.

Factual three minutes sooner than the fracture, Mertens modified into once readily on hand to knock in Elseid Hysaj’s low immoral, despite the truth that the VAR modified into once surprisingly considerable for the target’s veracity.

Cagliari, to their credit, weren’t pushovers and had probabilities to socre themselves, top for ex-Napoli striker Leonardo Pavoletti to misfire twice and Pepe Reina to smother Han’s one-on-one.

On the different hand, their enthusiasm waned after the restart and the Partenopei promptly pounced as Marek Hamsik struck home his side’s 1/three scheme on the hour tag.

Leandro Castan then illegally raised his arm to dam a shot within the box, gifting Insigne the likelihood to dispatch a penalty into Cragno’s bottom dazzling.

The game modified into once seemingly needless and buried going into afflict time, but there modified into once quiet time for a trot from the blue, when Mario Rui crooked in a impartial correct searching free kick.

Cagliari zero-5 Napoli

Callejon 29, Mertens forty two, Hamsik 61, Insigne pen Seventy two, Mario Rui ninety

Cagliari: Cragno; Romagna, Ceppitelli, Castan; Farago, Barella (Deiola seventy seven), Padoin (Ionita 59), Joao Pedro, Lykogiannis; Han (Cossu sixty two), Pavoletti

Napoli: Reina; Hysaj (Maggio seventy three), Albiol, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Allan, Jorginho (Diawara 75), Hamsik; Callejon, Insigne, Mertens (Zielinski sixty Four)

Referee: Giacomelli

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