Reigning champions Napoli started their season with a 3-1 win at promoted Frosinone on Saturday in Matchday 1 of the Italian Premier League.
For his return to Serie A, more than seven years after his departure from AS Roma (2013-16), Rudi Garcia, who took over as coach from Luciano Spalletti, since appointed coach of Italy, experienced some scares at the start of the game.
He first saw his team concede a goal in the 7th minute from the penalty spot after a foul in the box by Swedish rookie Jens Cadjus.
Napoli, deprived in attack of the Georgian Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, spared, took a quarter of an hour to take the measure of the promoted and find his bearings.
It was first Matteo Politano who brought his team up to Frosinone by taking a shot poorly cleared by the defense (24th).
The inevitable Victor Osimhen, top scorer in the championship last season (26) doubled the lead in the 42nd minute with a dazzling recovery at the entrance to the area.
At the start of the second half, the Nigerian, highly coveted in the offseason, narrowly missed adding to the score with a 25m shot (62nd) which grazed the opposing frame.
He ended up concretizing the domination of his team on a counterattack by taking the defense of Frosinone, physically overwhelmed (72nd).
Inter Milan is the first of Napoli’s rivals for the title to compete on Saturday evening (8:45 p.m.) at home against Monza.
Juventus, revenge after their 7th place last season following a deduction of 10 points for accounting fraud, travels Sunday (8:45 p.m.) to Udine with Paul Pogba in the group.
AC Milan will close this first day on Monday (8:45 p.m.) by moving to Bologna.
