“Napoli’s Serie A Championship Celebration Postponed After Draw Against Salernitana”

Salernitana allowed an equalizer at the end of the second half… Kim Min-jae full-time

The decision to win Serie A by SSC Napoli, an Italian professional football team played by national soccer team defender Kim Min-jae, has been postponed to the next opportunity.

Napoli drew 1-1 in the 2022-2023 Serie A round 32 home game against Salernitana held at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy on the 30th.

Napoli, who accumulated 25 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses in 32 games this season, recorded 79 points, making the gap with second place Lazio (61 points, 18 wins, 7 draws, 7 losses) 18 points.

Now, with six games remaining, Napoli’s victory, which is ahead by a margin of 18 points, has virtually solidified, but is not yet arithmetically confirmed.

On this day, if Lazio lost 1-3 to Inter Milan and stayed at 61 points, Napoli would have won the match against Salernitana, it would have run away with a difference of 20 points and confirm the Serie A championship after 33 years since the 1989-1990 season, didn’t make it

In particular, for Napoli, this game, which was originally scheduled for the 29th, was postponed for a day with the championship in mind.

According to the existing schedule, Napoli could have played the 32nd round first and then sit down and confirm the championship depending on the results of the match between Lazio and Inter Milan that day, so they asked the secretariat to change the game schedule.

Thanks to the changed schedule, Napoli was able to see Lazio’s results first and play against Salernita.

With Inter Milan capturing Lazio, Napoli came close to securing an early title, but failed to capitalize on their chance.

Kim Min-jae started as Napoli’s central defender and played full-time, but the joy of winning the first championship after advancing to Europe was put off for a while.

It was a match against a lower-tier team, but winning early did not come as easily as Napoli’s heart.

Napoli, which can only be confirmed by winning, could not break through Salernitana’s ‘shield’ in the first half.

In the 23rd minute of the first half, Victor Osimen’s header from a free kick was the strongest chance to score, but Mexico national team goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa’s free kick prevented it, and the first half ended 0-0.

Napoli, which took 80% of the first half and took 8 shots, including 3 shots on target, failed, continued the offensive from the beginning of the second half and finally opened fire in the 17th minute of the second half.

Giacomo Raspadori’s corner kick was headed in by Matthias Olivera, putting the stadium in a festive mood.

The atmosphere to celebrate the victory has already begun, with smoke bombs exploding even outside the stadium.

However, in the 39th minute of the second half, when Napoli was inflating their dream of winning the championship, Salernitana poured cold water on them.

Boulaye Dia broke through the right flank and fired a left-footed shot from inside the penalty area.

In a one-on-one confrontation with Dia, Osimen broke through and conceded a heartbreaking equalizer.

In the remaining time, Napoli put in Giovanni Simeone and Tanguy Ndombele to aim for a goal again, but in the end they had to be content with 1 point.

In the second half of extra time, coach Paulo Soja was sent off due to a decision protest, but Salernitana sprinkled red pepper powder properly in the home room of Napoli, the strongest team in the league, and took 14th place (34 points).

After the game, Kim Min-jae received a score of 6.5, which is in the middle of the team, on whoscored.com, which specializes in soccer statistics. It scored 7.3 points in the foot mob rating.

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