Napoli who won the league with a 52nd-minute equaliser from Osimhen last won in 1990 with a Diego Maradona-inspired side
By Kehinde Okeowo
Napoli became the Serie A champions for the first time in 33 years after holding Udinese to a draw at Dacia Arena on Thursday night.
Needing only a draw to take an unassailable 16-point lead with five games remaining, Serie A’s top scorer, Victor Osimhen, equalised for Napoli in the 52nd minute to spark wild celebrations.
Udinese had taken a shock lead in the 13th minute when Sandi Lovric put them ahead after profiting from an assist from lyenoma Destiny Udogie.
The Parthenopeans eventually held on to the point they needed to win their third Serie A trophy.
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The title is Napoli’s third in Italy’s top division and first, since legendary Argentine Diego Maradona led them to win the league in 1987 and 1990
Following those glory days the club fell into financial decline, relegation and bankruptcy; playing in Serie C as recently as 2006.
They have won the Coppa Italia three times in the past 11 seasons since returning to the top flight but it is the Scudetto the Napoli fans craved.
They now have a new cast of superstars, with Nigeria forward Victor Osimhen scoring 21 goals in 26 league games and Georgia winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia contributing 12 goals and 10 assists.
At 64 boss Luciano Spalletti, who twice won the Coppa Italia with Roma, becomes the oldest manager to win Serie A.