Napoli are waiting for the verdict of their appeal against the two-match suspension for Victor Osimhen, hoping to have the Nigerian striker available against Juventus.
SportItalia reports the Federal Court of Appeal will discuss the appeal filed by Napoli against Osimhen’s two-match.
The Azzurri striker was shown a straight red card for a supposed punch on Venezia defender Daan Heymans in the opening game.
After 23 minutes, Osimhen was irritated with the close man-marking from Heymans and Napoli’s lawyers are trying to convince the Court of Appeal that the former LOSC Lille didn’t intend to hurt the Venezia man and only wanted to free himself from the marking.
The Partenopei are pushing for a lighter sentence for the striker and are hoping to have Osimhen available for the match against Juventus on Saturday.
Luciano Spalletti’s men have started with two wins against Venezia and Genoa and return after the international break with their toughest test so far against Juventus, before travelling to Leicester City for the opening game in the Europa League.
— Alfredo Pedullà (@AlfredoPedulla) September 7, 2021
lol we know what`sa going to happen it is painfully obvious
Amazing how they love to stack the deck vs Napoli
ADL should move the team to EPL,or MLS ,
@martinn what is going to happen!?
@Martinn, yes we know they’re not going to reduce his ban. I’ve watched this replay several times, and Osimhen was obviously trying to push this player away. It was a bit more violent than it had to be and his hands were a bit higher up than he probably wanted them to be (Osimhen is quite tall), unfortunately. I’ve seen many of these given as a yellow. Osimhen’s hand weren’t even on the guys face, the push basically started on the upper chest and then slid up to his throat as he bent backwards from the force. Osimhen wasn’t even looking at the Venezia player when he began the push. It’s a harsh red. Regardless, it’s not a two game ban. They’re making it seem like he took an proactive swing at the Venezia player’s face. Once again, melodramatic Italian refereeing, and another gift to Juventus.