Napoli

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia had another starring performance with a goal and an assist to help Napoli beat Ajax 4-2 and reach the last 16 of the Champions League ...

Piotr Zieliński started the move and helped end it when Lozano played a pass to him before continuing his run and nodding the return past goalkeeper Remko Pasveer. You see that in the way they play, in their tempo, in everything.” “We’ve qualified with two games to spare and we’re thrilled. Napoli was in firm control and 2-0 up within 16 minutes thanks to goals from Hirving Lozano and Giacomo Raspadori. Credit to the whole team on what’s been a wonderful evening.” I’m proud of the team and the fans, who really drove us forward,” Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti said.

Napoli reached the Champions League knockout stages with two games to spare on Wednesday after a flamboyant 4-2 victory over Ajax maintained their 100 percent start in this year's competition. Luciano Spalletti's side have four wins from four and a ...

By this point Osimhen had made his return from thigh injury in place of Raspadori, and the Nigeria striker would allow the home fans to breathe easily in the final minute. Georgian wing wizard Kvaratskhelia was key to Napoli doubling their lead two minutes later, sliding behind the Ajax defence and laying off to Italy forward Raspadori who crashed in his fourth goal of the Champions League campaign. But they couldn't stop an irrepressible Napoli team who are yet to lose a match this season in Italy or on the continent and had a packed Stadio Maradona dreaming that this could be their year.

Napoli are dominating both Serie A and the Champions League right now as they are yet to be beaten across all competitions this season.

They will be looking to maintain, and perhaps extend, their lead at the top of Serie A on Sunday as they host Bologna at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium. THE BIGGER PICTURE: Napoli are unbeaten in both Serie A and the Champions League so far this season. They have continued their dominance of the Champions League group stage with an electric start against Ajax which brought a pair of fantastic early goals from Hirving Lozano and Giacomo Raspadori.

Napoli reached the Champions League knockout stages with two games to spare on Wednesday after a flamboyant 4-2 victory over Ajax maintained their 100 ...

By this point Osimhen had made his return from thigh injury in place of Raspadori, and the Nigeria striker would allow the home fans to breathe easily in the final minute. Georgian wing wizard Kvaratskhelia was key to Napoli doubling their lead two minutes later, sliding behind the Ajax defence and laying off to Italy forward Raspadori who crashed in his fourth goal of the Champions League campaign. But they couldn't stop an irrepressible Napoli team who are yet to lose a match this season in Italy or on the continent and had a packed Stadio Maradona dreaming that this could be their year.

Napoli maintained their 100 per cent record by beating Ajax for the second time in eight days and booked their place in the last 16 of the Champions League.

Ajax looked the brighter of the two sides immediately after the break and they got an instant reward as Klaassen headed home from Calvin Basseyâs inch-perfect cross in the 49th minute. Lozano played a quick give-and-go with Piotr Zielinski, heading the lofted return ball into the net as Ajaxâs defence were caught static in the fourth minute. Hirving Lozano put the home side ahead with a superb header in the fourth minute

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia had another starring performance with a goal and an assist to help Napoli beat Ajax 4-2 and...

Piotr Zieliński started the move and helped end it when Lozano played a pass to him before continuing his run and nodding the return past goalkeeper Remko Pasveer. Napoli was in firm control and 2-0 up within 16 minutes thanks to goals from Hirving Lozano and Giacomo Raspadori. Kvaratskhelia almost scored a stunning second before helping Napoli double its lead in the 16th minute with a run down the left and a cross for Raspadori to blast in for his fourth Champions League goal in three matches.

Napoli have Victor Osimhen back on the bench, but Giacomo Raspadori and Kvicha Kvaratskhelia again lead the attack against Ajax after a 6-1 victory in.

[Amir Rrahmani](https://football-italia.net/player/amir-rrahmani/) is injured following a muscular strain, but Osimhen is back on the bench after a long lay-off, so [Juan Jesus](https://football-italia.net/player/juan-jesus/) steps into defence. [Devyne Rensch](https://football-italia.net/player/devyne-rensch/) and Mohammed Ihattaren are out of action, but [Steven Berghuis](https://football-italia.net/player/steven-berghuis/) steps in with [Steven Bergwijn](https://football-italia.net/player/steven-bergwijn/) and on-form [Mohammed Kudus](https://football-italia.net/player/mohammed-kudus/). [Hirving Lozano](https://football-italia.net/player/hirving-lozano/) is chosen rather than [Matteo Politano](https://football-italia.net/player/matteo-politano/) in the trident attack with Raspadori and Kvaratskhelia.

Serie A leader Napoli did what Napoli do best in a Champions League clash with Ajax on Wednesday: Score a bunch of goals in the first half and a couple more ...

Across all those games, Kim and the Napoli defensive line have only conceded 11 goals, seven in league games and four in the Champions League. According to reports, Kim is under contract with Napoli until 2025, with the club retaining the option to extend the deal for two more years. The club has also racked up a huge goal difference, scoring 22 goals in nine games and only conceding seven for a goal difference of 15. The Naples club have racked up seven wins and two draws in Serie A so far this season, with both draws coming fairly early on — against Fiorentina on Aug. In the Champions League, Napoli have looked even more confident. Giacomo Raspadori added one of his own in the 16th minute, allowing the blues to sit back for the rest of the first half and enjoy a comfortable 2-0 lead.

Napoli's stunning start to the season has left fans wondering just how far their flamboyant side can go as they prepare for Sunday's visit of Bologna after ...

"They can demand all they want," said Spalletti to Amazon Prime. "You get swept along by the atmosphere on nights like this. Spalletti will also have to deal with the expectations of a success-starved fan base and questions over his ability to stop Napoli tailing off at the end of the season, a problem which has afflicted his managerial career.

Many pundits feared Napoli would struggle this season after losing several top players, but Luciano Spalletti's side are now the best team to watch in ...

Are Napoli and Spalletti up to the challenge? The word is out now, of course. It would certainly be nice to think that San Diego and Cruyff will be watching again on Wednesday night. Spalletti, of course, is doing his utmost to distance himself and his players from all of this giddy talk. And this taps into a couple of the reasons why many pundits are starting to believe Napoli might now have as much substance as they do style. Napoli have won six games without the Nigerian, with summer signings Giacomo Raspadori and Giovanni Simeone having caught fire in the interim. The question remains, though, as to whether he is really capable of winning major trophies. Napoli, remember, were top for the majority of the first half of last season. "Napoli just gave a football lesson at the Johan Cruyff Arena," We were unable to get the second ball often enough and it became a match we were not accustomed to. As Spalletti told DAZN, "It became a battle on a level that is not suited to our characteristics. Not that you would have known from the Italian coach's downcast demeanour in Amsterdam.

Hirving Lozano of Napoli celebrates after scoring the first goal for Napoli during the UEFA Champions. Photo by SSC NAPOLI/SSC NAPOLI via Getty Images.

Every year, a team outside of the usual suspects emerges as a potential contender in the Champions League group stage, and it’s always a question of how real the team actually is. Napoli, though, got a surge of energy with the introductions of Tanguy Ndombele and Victor Osimhen, and in the 59th minute, Ndombele hit a volley clean at the top of the box, directly into Jurrien Timber’s outstretched arm. This is what Napoli has done for most of the season so far. Twelve minutes after Lozano’s beauty, and after a handful of Ajax chances from its talented front three threatened to make this a more even contest, new signing Giacomo Raspadori found the ball at his feet inside the box and absolutely cannoned the ball into the top netting of Ajax’s goal, giving him his fourth goal in three Champions League matches, Napoli a 2–0 lead, and the Dutch side some painful flashbacks of the week prior: But rather than settle for a dull draw, the Azzurri blitzed the Dutch side from the word go, scoring in the first four minutes of the game via Mexican sprinter Hirving Lozano’s wonderful give-and-go with Piotr Zielinski: In 2020, Inter officially broke Juve’s nine-year hold on the scudetto, and cross-city rivals AC Milan won a title of its own last season.