[골닷컴] Reporter Kim Hyung-joong = The momentum of Napoli, which is running at the top of Italian professional football Serie A this season, is frightening. The chances of winning the first league since the era of Diego Maradona are getting higher and higher.
The 20th round of Serie A this season is over. Now that the halfway point has been won, Napoli is running unrivaled first place with 53 points. They are 13 points behind second place Inter Milan. It’s a point difference that can be reversed enough, but it’s not easy considering Napoli’s momentum. It was also reported locally that the possibility of Napoli’s scudetto this season is over 90%. It boasts of stable power.
In particular, both offense and defense are perfect. During his 20 matches, he scored 48 goals and conceded only 15 goals. In defense, Kim Min-jae, who joined this season, is impressive. He plays a total of 26 matches, including 19 league matches, 6 UEFA Champions League matches and 1 Italian Cup match, leading Napoli’s impregnable defense. Italian football legends and fans continue to praise Kim Min-jae’s performance.
The offensive team is also dazzling. In particular, the performance of striker Victor Osimen stands out. Originally from Nigeria, Osimen, who joined Napoli in the summer of 2020 after playing for Lille, France, has scored 14 goals and provided 4 assists in 16 league games this season. That’s close to 1 goal per game. This is why you can look forward to it when you catch the ball near the penalty box.
During one season at Lille from summer 2019 and two and a half seasons at Napoli from summer 2020 until now, Osimen has scored 51 goals in 94 league games. Elling Hollan (86 games) of Manchester City is the only player to break the 50 goal mark in fewer games than Osimen across the five major leagues. He has such a great scoring streak, and this scoring power is intact and leads to Napoli’s leading run.
Napoli will play an away game against Spezia, 17th in the league, at 8:30 pm (Korean time) on the 5th (Sun). If they get 3 points in this game as well, they will be one step closer to winning the league for the first time in 33 years since the 1989/90 season.
