Napoli missed a chance to celebrate the Scudetto at home against Salernitana on Sunday after it conceded an 84th-minute equalizer, but it didn’t have to wait long, they played a 1-1 draw with Udinese on Thursday.
Victor Osimhen scored in the 52nd minute for the draw to take the Gli Azzurri to an unassailable 80 points on the season with five matches remaining.
Napoli has been led this season by the imperious form of the Nigeria forward, who is leading the race for the Paolo Rossi Award, given to Serie A’s top scorer, now with 22 goals, and has attracted interested from heavyweights across Europe, including Manchester United and Chelsea. The 24-year-old Osimhen is en route to becoming the first-ever African player to lead Serie A in scoring.
Having previously managed at Inter, Roma and Sampdoria among other stops in his nearly 30-year-long coaching career, this marks the first Serie A title for the 64-year-old Spalletti.
Before this season, Napoli’s only two titles came behind the star power of Diego Maradona in 1986-87 and ’89-90. This year was much more of a concerted team effort, led by manager Luciano Spalletti.
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