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Victor Osimhen has scored 23 goals in 28 games for Napoli this season
Victor Osimhen scored twice as Napoli cruised into the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time with a comfortable win over Eintracht Frankfurt.
With Luciano Spalletti’s side two goals up from the first leg, the Nigeria striker’s thumping header in first-half stoppage time dispelled any lingering nerves at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
Osimhen doubled the Italians’ lead on the night with a close-range finish from Giovanni di Lorenzo’s cross eight minutes after the break and, having been brought down in the box, Piotr Zielinski converted the penalty himself to make it 3-0.
With a commanding 18-point lead at the top of Serie A, Napoli head into the last eight with a real chance to compete for top prize in European football.
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The build-up to the match had been overshadowed as Eintracht Frankfurt fans clashed with police after arriving in Naples despite being banned from attending the second leg of the last-16 tie.
Once the game did start, it was the visitors who had the first effort of note as Rafael Borre headed off target in the 10th minute but from there Napoli took charge.
The electric Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was the main threat in the first half, slaloming through the Frankfurt defence in the 19th minute before seeing his effort from a tight angle saved by Kevin Trapp in the visitors’ goal.
Kvaratskhelia went close again three minutes before the break after another driving run but was again denied by Trapp.
The breakthrough came on the stroke of half-time when Matteo Politano dug out a cross from the right and Osimhen powered the header back past the goalkeeper.
After the break, with the tie all but settled, Napoli were able to show more of the attacking flair that has brought them such success this season and after good work from Di Lorenzo down the right, Osimhen was waiting to finish as he stretched at the far post.
The goal was Napoli’s 24th in this season’s Champions League, taking them past Benfica as the competition’s top scorers and when Djibril Sow upended Zielinski with a clumsy challenge in the box, the Polish midfielder calmly dispatched the 64th-minute spot kick to make it 25.
Frankfurt did have the chance to make the game slightly more nervy before the penalty but Daichi Kamada failed to convert from inside the six yard box.
As it was, Napoli were able to enjoy the last half hour as they completed the joint-largest aggregate win by an Italian side in the Champions League knockout stages to join Serie A rivals Inter and AC Milan in the quarters.
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- Line-upsMatch StatsLive Text
Line-upsNapoli
Formation 4-3-3
1Meret22Di Lorenzo13Rrahmani3Kim Min-jae6Mário Rui99Zambo Anguissa68Lobotka20Zielinski21Politano9Osimhen77Kvaratskhelia
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- 1Meret22Di Lorenzo13Rrahmani3Kim Min-jaeSubstituted forNunes Jesusat 66’minutes
Booked at 77mins
- 6Mário Rui99Zambo Anguissa68Lobotka20ZielinskiSubstituted forNdombéléat 74’minutes21PolitanoSubstituted forLozanoat 67’minutes9OsimhenSubstituted forSimeoneat 81’minutes77KvaratskheliaSubstituted forElmasat 74’minutes
Substitutes
- 5Nunes Jesus7Elmas11Lozano16Idasiak17Olivera18Simeone19Bereszynski55Østigård70Gaetano91Ndombélé95Gollini
Frankfurt
Formation 4-2-3-1
1Trapp24Ulineia Buta35Silva Melo2Ndicka25Lenz17Rode8Sow36Knauff27Götze15Kamada19Borré
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- 1Trapp24Ulineia Buta35Silva Melo2Ndicka
Booked at 26mins
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- 25Lenz
Booked at 32mins
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- Substituted forMaxat 67’minutes17RodeSubstituted forJakicat 74’minutes8Sow36KnauffSubstituted forAlidouat 62’minutes27Götze
Booked at 65mins
- 15Kamada19Borré
Substitutes
- 5Smolcic6Jakic11Alidou18Touré20Hasebe21Alario22Chandler32Max40Ramaj47Horz
Referee:Anthony TaylorAttendance:49,082Match StatsHome TeamNapoliAway TeamFrankfurtPossessionHome60%Away40%ShotsHome12Away8Shots on TargetHome8Away1CornersHome4Away3FoulsHome13Away15Live Text Post update
Match ends, Napoli 3, Eintracht Frankfurt 0.
90’+2’Full Time
Second Half ends, Napoli 3, Eintracht Frankfurt 0.
90’+1’Post update
Attempt blocked. Rafael Borré (Eintracht Frankfurt) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mario Götze.
88’Post update
Foul by Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli).
88’Post update
Mario Götze (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87’Post update
Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
87’Post update
Philipp Max (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85’Post update
Attempt blocked. Evan Ndicka (Eintracht Frankfurt) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Philipp Max with a cross.
84’Post update
Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Eljif Elmas.
83’Post update
Attempt blocked. Rafael Borré (Eintracht Frankfurt) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Djibril Sow.
82’Post update
Foul by Mário Rui (Napoli).
82’Post update
Faride Alidou (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81’Substitution
Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Victor Osimhen.
81’Post update
Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
81’Post update
Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
77’Post update
Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Victor Osimhen.
77’Booking
Juan Jesus (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
76’Post update
Foul by Juan Jesus (Napoli).
76’Post update
Rafael Borré (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
76’Post update
Offside, Napoli. Juan Jesus tries a through ball, but Victor Osimhen is caught offside.
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