Napoli's Jump To The Top Four After Defeating Salernitana

Striker Giacomo Raspadori gave Napoli a win over Salernitana and moved up to fourth in the standings. (Twitter @sscnapoli)

Napoli immediately jumped to fourth place after beating Salernitana 2-0 in the Italian Serie A match at Arechi Stadium, Saturday, November 4 evening WIB. This makes the competition in the Champions League zone even hotter.

Napoli started badly so they had difficulty entering the top four. But The Partenopei slowly improved their position.

In the midst of news of the dismissal of coach Rudi Garcia, Napoli was finally able to penetrate the Champions League zone.

The victory over Salernitana made the defending champions of the Italian League pocketed points 21. Winning two points from Atalanta which dropped to fifth.

Now, Napoli can compete with the teams above it. Moreover, they are only four points behind the leaders of the Inter Milan standings.

However, Napoli's position remains uncomfortable. Atalanta has the opportunity to shift it if they win against Inter. Likewise, AC Milan and Juventus will stay away if they win their match.

Meanwhile, Salernitana is sinking at the bottom of the standings. Having four points without ever winning, Salernitana, which is now being handled by new coach Filippo Inzaghi, is in danger of lowering caste to Serie B.

In that match, Napoli has not been strengthened by Victor Osimhen's mainstay striker who is still injured. Meanwhile, Natan was absent due to suspension.

Without them, Napoli are still too strong for the hosts. Defender Lorenzo Pirola had already threatened Salernitana's goal in the early minutes. Luckily his header was pushed over and only produced a corner.

However, the Giacomo Raspadori striker made no mistake when he broke into Salernitana's goal in the 13th minute. Starting from Stanislav Lobotka who did the intercept and then released a pass to Raspadori.

He managed to escape the offside trap before breaking into Salernitana's goal. The score became 1-0 for Napoli.

No more goals were created even though Napoli had a number of good chances. Unfortunately, this opportunity, one of which is from Matteo Politano, which can still be denied by goalkeeper GuillermoNIA.

In the second half, Napoli continued to play aggressively against the hosts who could only focus on defense. In the 49th minute, Politano almost scored. But his efforts still failed.

Napoli finally managed to increase their lead through Eljif Elmas in the 82nd minute. He met Mathias Olivera's pass to break into the host's goal. Score 2-0 to Napoli which lasted until the end of the match.