Lorenzo Insigne bagged a brace as Napoli crushed Cittadella 5-1, but Raul Albiol went off injured.

Coach Maurizio Sarri had warned reporters and fans before the game that “this will probably be our worst performance of the summer, as the squad is very tired.”

However, his players seemed in good form against Lega Pro side Cittadella, though Gonzalo Higuain is still unavailable, having just returned from his post-Copa America vacation.

Vlad Chiriches was present to watch the match from the sidelines at their Dimaro training camp.

Lorenzo Insigne bagged a brace as Napoli crushed Cittadella 5-1, but Raul Albiol went off injured.

Coach Maurizio Sarri had warned reporters and fans before the game that “this will probably be our worst performance of the summer, as the squad is very tired.”

However, his players seemed in good form against Lega Pro side Cittadella, though Gonzalo Higuain is still unavailable, having just returned from his post-Copa America vacation.

Vlad Chiriches was present to watch the match from the sidelines at their Dimaro training camp.

It was an eventful start for Albiol, who first opened the scoring from a Mirko Valdifiori corner, then went off in a dazed state after a clash of heads.

Valdifiori’s pin-point long pass also set up Insigne to beat the offside trap and lob the goalkeeper.

Insigne completed his brace after the break with an angled drive, assisted by Jonathan De Guzman.

The Napoli defence continues to be an issue and Coralli was able to claw one back for Cittadella at the back post.

Omar El Kaddouri tapped in a Jose Callejon assist and Dries Mertens went on a spectacular slalom from midfield to score his goal.

Napoli 5-1 Cittadella

Scorers: Albiol 5 (N), Insigne 25, 53 (N), Coralli 56 (C), El Kaddouri 71 (N), Mertens 79 (N)

Napoli: Rafael (Gabriel 46); Maggio (Dezi 81), Albiol (Henrique 32), Koulibaly (Luperto 74), Ghoulam; Allan (De Guzman 46), Valdifiori (Jorginho 46), David Lopez (Inler 46); Insigne (El Kaddouri 65); Gabbiadini (Callejon 46), Mertens (Bifulco 86)

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