Andrea Petagna was the unexpected star of the show for Napoli, scoring a goal and providing two assists in their 4-0 friendly win over Serie B side Pescara.
This was the penultimate pre-season friendly for Gennaro Gattuso’s men, who ran out in a 4-3-3 formation at the Stadio San Paolo.
After an early couple of scares from Pescara, including Galano hitting the woodwork, Piotr Zielinski broke the deadlock with a ferocious strike.
Andrea Petagna was the unexpected star of the show for Napoli, scoring a goal and providing two assists in their 4-0 friendly win over Serie B side Pescara.
This was the penultimate pre-season friendly for Gennaro Gattuso’s men, who ran out in a 4-3-3 formation at the Stadio San Paolo.
After an early couple of scares from Pescara, including Galano hitting the woodwork, Piotr Zielinski broke the deadlock with a ferocious strike.
Kalidou Koulibaly’s volley came off the woodwork, but the Partenopei only really came to life after Petagna replaced Victor Osimhen upfront.
The former SPAL striker set up two goals for Amato Ciciretti and Dries Mertens in the space of three minutes.
Petagna then got on the scoresheet himself with a left-foot finish.
As per protocol following President Aurelio De Laurentiis’ COVID-19 diagnosis, the entire squad and staff took tests, which came back negative.
Napoli 4-0 Pescara
Zielinski 23 (N), Ciciretti 71 (N), Mertens 74 (N), Petagna 92 (N)
Napoli: Meret (Ospina 46); Di Lorenzo (Hysaj 46), Koulibaly (Manolas 46), Rrahmani (Maksimovic 46), Ghoulam (Mario Rui 46); Fabian Ruiz (Ciciretti 57), Demme (Palmiero 72), Zielinski (Luperto 57); Politano (Mertens 46), Lozano (Insigne 46), Osimhen (Petagna 70)