Victor Osimhen scored the goal that puts Napoli in a position to win the Scudetto this evening and celebrated with such vigour that he broke his trademark protective face mask, while the Stadio Maradona erupted in cheers.
The Nigerian had failed to find the net in three Serie A games, but broke that drought in the most decisive match, cancelling out Sandi Lovric’s opener for Udinese.
They just need a point to secure the title tonight and Osimhen was ready to meet the rebound from a saved Kvicha Kvaratskhelia strike.
Unfortunately, he was celebrating so wildly with teammates and thousands of travelling fans that he accidentally broke the trademark protective mask.
He wasn’t without it for long, as a spare was fetched by staff on the touchline.
Meanwhile, back at the Stadio Maradona, 50,000 packed into the empty stadium to watch the game on big screens and they erupted when the goal went in.