Empoli effectively eliminated Napoli out of the Scudetto title race with a 3-2 victory, by virtue of Inter loanee Andrea Pinamonti bagging a late brace to hand the Partenopei their third winless game on the trot.
Empoli came back from behind to beat Napoli 3-2 ?
Their last win in Serie A came in December… against Napoli ? pic.twitter.com/Ix8jmzQiSL
— GOAL (@goal) April 24, 2022
As per La Repubblica, Napoli fans will reportedly boycott the game against Sassuolo, albeit not entirely, to protest against the manner in which the club has fallen since the beginning of the calendar year. The southerners take on the Neroverdi at the weekend and with less than three days remaining, only 3,000 odd tickets have reportedly been sold (via TuttoNapoli).
Napoli were beating Empoli comfortably 0-2:
⏱ 80' 1-2
⏱ 83' 2-2
⏱ 88' 3-2A ???? dent in Napoli's title hopes ? pic.twitter.com/zJndT55XW6
— LiveScore (@livescore) April 24, 2022
The Italian news outlet calls it “a symptom of great disappointment for the Azzurri’s performances” .
Having collected just one point in the last three matches, Napoli have waved goodbye to the hopes of bagging a first Scudetto title since the days of Diego Maradona in 1989/90.
"What is Napoli's objective when they haven't won a Scudetto in 30 years?"@Bonetti @MikeGrella10 @IFTVMarco @_poppymiller discuss what is happening with Napoli after their shock loss to Empoli. pic.twitter.com/r0DGsHoyd4
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) April 24, 2022
The club now sit in third place with 67 points after 34 games, five points behind Inter and seven off league leaders Milan at the top of the table.