Napoli draws with Udinese and is three times Italian champion

After 33 years, the napoli is the champion of the Italian Championship. This Thursday, the 4th, at the Friuli Stadium, the team tied 1-1 with Udinese and confirmed the third national title in its history. The home team opened the scoring with LovricIt is osimhen left everything the same to secure the score.

With the result, Napoli reached 80 points and opened a 16-point advantage over the vice-leader. Lazio, with five matches remaining in the competition. The team could have secured the cup in the last round, at home, but the celebration at the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona was erased by the 1-1 draw against Salernian.

The teams return to the field for the 34th round of the Italian Championship next weekend. On Sunday, the 7th, starting at 13:00 (Brasília time), Napoli will receive the Fiorentina, for the title celebration at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium. The team from Udine receives the Sampdoria.

The dream is now reality: NAPOLI IS CHAMPIONS AGAIN! #napul3

💙 #ForzaNapoliSempre#TuttoPerLeipic.twitter.com/yaFLacLQvD

— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli_br) May 4, 2023

Advertisement

The game

Udinese opened the scoring in the 12th minute of the game, with midfielder Lovric. In the bid, Udogie received the ball on the left, played it for the midfielder, who sent a bomb to throw a bucket of cold water on Napoli’s party: 1 to 0.

Napoli held possession of the ball in the initial stage, but took the worst in number of finalizations (5 to 3) and finalizations on target (2 to 1). In completed passes, the team was 217 to 100 over Udinese.

Napoli needed seven minutes of the second half to make everything equal in Friuli. After a corner kicked by Elmas, Aguissa crossed low to Kvara, who finished and the score gave Osimhen the opportunity to score in the back of the net: 1 to 1 and the title secured.

The Azzurri managed to score once again, in the 21st minute, but Osimhen’s shot was left in the area, but the referee called Elmas a foul at the origin of the shot. The visitors continued with attack actions, but the score remained the same.