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Napoli win in Serie A to boost CL hopes

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Napoli's Victor Osimhen celebrates one of his two goal against Spezia in their Serie A match.
Camera IconNapoli's Victor Osimhen celebrates one of his two goal against Spezia in their Serie A match. Credit: AP

Victor Osimhen's latest impressive display has resulted in two goals and an assist in Napoli's 4-1 dismantling of relegation-threatened Spezia 4-1 in Serie A to boost their Champions League hopes.

Both of Osimhen's goals came in the first half after Piotr Zielinski's 15th-minute opener on Saturday.

Osimhen took advantage of a Zielinski assist to finish off a counter-attack on 23 minutes before he chested down a Lorenzo Insigne free kick and volleyed it in on the stroke of halftime for his second of the match and sixth goal in as many matches.

Roberto Piccoli pulled one back for Spezia but Hirving Lozano restored Napoli's three-goal advantage in the 79th.

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Napoli jumped to second, a point above Atalanta, Juventus and AC Milan - who all have a game in hand.

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Another rival for a top four finish and a Champions League place, Lazio, lost 2-0 at Fiorentina.

Inter Milan fans celebrated their side's scudetto before the match against Sampdoria and the players marked the occasion by turning on the style in a 5-1 win.

Spezia remain three points above the drop zone after their defeat to Napoli.

Inter won their first league title since 2010 last weekend with about 3,000 fans outside their San Siro stadium to welcome their team bus on Saturday.

They started gathering a couple of hours before, chanting and singing as they jumped and clapped with little heed to coronavirus restrictions. Almost all wore masks but many were pulled down below their chins.

They waved flags and banners and lit flares.

The Inter players were given a guard of honour by Sampdoria when they went out on to the pitch.

Roberto Gagliardini scored in the fourth minute, Alexis Sanchez added two goals in the first half, either side of a Keita goal for Samp.

Andrea Pinamonti netted his first goal for Inter in the 61st, and Lautaro Martinez added a penalty aftera handball by Samp midfielder Adrien Silva.

Lazio's chances of sneaking into the Champions League dimished as they sit five points behind fourth-placed Juventus.

Dusan Vlahovic scored twice as he helped Fiorentina move seven points above the relegation zone.

Lazio's misery was compounded when midfielder Andreas Pereira was sent off in stoppage time for a second yellow card.

Meanwhile, Udinese and Bologna drew 1-1 in their mid-table battle.

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