Stephen Dunmoye
Nigeria International and Napoli’s forward, Victor Osimhen has wrought victory for his side as Napoli clinch serie A title after 33 years.
Napoli held Udinese to a 1-1 draw in thier clash on Thursday at the Dacia Arena to secure their third league title with a record-equalling five games to play.
Supporters streamed onto the pitch at the Dacia Arena to celebrate after a season dominated by Luciano Spalletti’s side, creating moments of tension with home fans not happy at such open partying on their ground.
Osimhen scored the decisive goal in the second half as Napoli’s current stars came back from trailing to Sandi Lovric’s opener at half-time and emulated the teams led by Diego Maradona which won the league in 1987 and 1990.
Spalletti and his squad will receive an emotional welcome when they return to Naples, where the partying is set to continue .
According to Spalletti, “Seeing Neapolitans happy is enough to give you a sense of that joy they are feeling.
“These people will look to this moment when life gets hard, they have every right to celebrate like this. You feel a bit more relaxed knowing that you’ve given them this moment of happiness.”
It was appropriate that Osimhen was the man to take Napoli over the line as the Nigeria striker has had the best season of his career and being key to Napoli’s historic charge to glory.
Osimhen’s title-deciding strike was his 22nd goal in 28 league appearances and rightly caused bedlam among the massed ranks of away fans who took over Udine.
Napoli’s 16-point lead over second-placed Lazio leaves them with a month-long parade between now and the end of the season which will allow their long-suffering supporters to fully unload more than a generation of frustration.
