Napoli 2-0 Sassuolo: Osimhen and Di Lorenzo earn hosts victory

Napoli 2-0 Sassuolo: Victor Osimhen and Giovanni Di Lorenzo strike for reigning Serie A champions… as Maxime Lopez is sent off for dissent for the visitors

Victor Osimhen and Giovanni Di Lorenzo struck for the reigning champions
Maxime Lopez was sent off for Sassuolo for verbally abusing the referee
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Napoli comfortably sealed a 2-0 home victory against Sassuolo on Sunday through goals from Victor Osimhen and Giovanni Di Lorenzo.

Osimhen opened the scoring after 16 minutes when he converted a penalty after Sassuolo’s Daniel Boloca brought down Matteo Politano.

Maxime Lopez made things worse for the visiting team when he was sent off in the 51st minute for verbally abusing the referee.

Napoli were awarded another penalty around the hour mark when Jeremy Toljan handled the ball, yet Giacomo Raspadori’s effort sailed over the bar.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s perfectly timed through ball in the 64th minute sent Di Lorenzo on a clear path to score as he doubled Napoli’s lead.

Victor Osimhen put Napoli ahead from the penalty spot after Matteo Politano was fouled

Sassuolo’s Maxime Lopez was shown a red card for dissent to the referee in the second half

Giovanni Di Lorenzo scored Napoli’s second goal to seal their first home win of the new season

Napoli (4-3-3): Meret, Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Jesus, Olivera, Anguissa, Lobotka, Zielinski, Politano, Raspadori, Osimhen.

Goals: Osimhen pen 16′, Di Lorenzo 64′

Manager: Rudi Garcia

Sassuolo (4-3-3): Consigli, Toljan, Erlic, Tressoldi, Vina, Henrique, Lopez, Boloca, Bajrami, Lauriente, Pinamonti

Red cards: Lopez 51′

Manager: Alessio Dionisi