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Napoli defeated Braga 2-0 on Tuesday to snap a home team losing streak that dated back more than two months and advance to the round of sixteen in the Champions League. Victor Osimhen's first goal since early October and a foolish own goal by Serder Saatci helped the Italian champions qualify second in Group C, behind Real Madrid. Both goals occurred in the first half.
Napoli defeated Braga 2-0 on Tuesday to snap a home team losing streak that dated back more than two months and advance to the round of sixteen in the Champions League. Victor Osimhen’s first goal since early October and a foolish own goal by Serder Saatci helped the Italian champions qualify second in Group C, behind Real Madrid. Both goals occurred in the first half. The team led by Walter Mazzarri would have advanced even in the event of a single-goal loss, but in the end, they easily advanced to the next round and ended a six-match losing streak at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. Napoli finished the group stage with 10 points, six clear of Braga, who are demoted to the Europa League after winning their first game in Naples since defeating Udinese there in late September. “I think we can say that we deserved to win,” Giovanni Di Lorenzo, the captain of Napoli, stated to Sky. Though we still have a lot of work ahead of us, we’re playing well. Although it is simple to view the outcomes, the performances have occurred.” Following three losses in his first four games as manager since taking over for the fired Rudi Garcia, Mazzarri demanded that Napoli play with greater consistency.
Furthermore, he was happy with his team’s performance against Braga, who entered the game undefeated and two points behind Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese division. “We weren’t perfect, but compared to how things were, I’m pretty satisfied,” Mazzarri replied. Let’s put it that way: We’ve already begun. I have optimism. Bruma squandered a fantastic opportunity to give the away team the lead with just two minutes remaining, smashing wide from close range following chaos in the Napoli area. Braga knew they had to win by at least two goals in order to overtake Napoli.