Series A 2025-26: Champion Napoli produces more drama vs Cagliari; Gasperini picks up perfectly from Ranieri

Antonio Conte jumped up and down and turned his arms like a child while he walked around in Delirium.

The fans in the Armando Diego Maradona stadio also burst out in joy.

Three months after beating Cagliari to secure his fourth Serie A title, Napoli celebrated a victory at the Sardinian Club again.

What made it so dramatic this time was that Frank Anguisissa scored five minutes in the stop time for a 1-0 win after Napoli wasted the chance after a chance in his home opener.

Just before the goal there had been a panting of despair when Scott McTominay tried a failed bicycle shovel near the goal.

It turned out that nothing was so complicated, because Anguisissa was left unark in the middle of the area to quietly kill in a cross of Alessandro Buongiorno.

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«I would have been happy with a 0-0. There are matches where you get the ball and scores easily. Today it seemed that there was a curse on the goal,» said Conte, who coached Napoli in his second season. «But the team believed until the end and the end result was deserved.»

Wounded striker Romelu Lukaku was also overwhelmed by emotion, placing a photo on Instagram of himself who held his head in apparently disbelief with a caption with the text: «Pfffff wow wow. These victories are the best.»

Napoli joined Roma-Die 1-0 won in promoted Pisa and Cremonese with a full six points through two rounds. Inter Milan and Juventus can extend their winning starts on Sunday.

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While Napoli -Middependelders McTominay and Kevin De Bruyne have been the most dangerous players in the first two rounds, assistance on their way after the international break with the Southern Club close to signing Rasmus Hojlund United to fill in for Lukaku.

Gian Piero Gasperini picks up exactly where Claudio Ranieri had gone in Roma.

Roma was unbeaten last season from mid -December to mid -May under Ranieri, who subsequently withdrew from Coaching and Selperini selected to succeed him as part of his new advisory role.

The Giallorossi also won their opener against Bologna 1-0.

In Pisa, Matías Soulé scored in the 55th minute with a target book goal that all three of the attackers of Roma concerned.

Replacement Paulo Dybala crossed to newly signed Ireland Voorwaart Evan Ferguson, who kept the ball away for soulé to shoot in the far corner.

Pisa, which organized a Serie A competition for the first time in 34 years, had a few chances in rapid pursuit early. The Arena Garibaldi is practically in the shadow of the crooked tower of Pisa.

The Italian cup winner Bologna bounced back from an opening defeat by beating a large edition of Como with 1-0.

Riccardo Orsolini scored in the vicinity of the hour with a deflated shot after also threatening early.

Bologna, which lost his opener in Roma, earned his first points of the season. For Como it was a setback after it had impressed a 2-0 win over Lazio.

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Ownership of the Indonesian tobacco billionaire brothers Robert Budi Hartono and Michael Bambang Hartono, has spent COMO 104 million euros ($ 121 million) in the current transfer market – the fifth most in the competition.

Bologna was without Ciro Immobile, the four-fold Serie A-scoring leader who recently signed it, who is estimated two months after the injury of his right leg last weekend.

With Gasperini, after a term of office of nine years, Atalanta struggled again in a 1-1 draw at Parma.

Mario Pasalic placed Atalanta Vooruit with a long shot in the 79th, but newly signed Patrick Cutrone came from the couch to tap a rebound six minutes later.

Atalanta, which also pulled his opener against Pisa, has two points under the new coach Ivan Juric. Parma, which lost its opener at Juventus, has one point.

Atalanta striker Gianluca Scamacca lobed a shot from the post in the first half.

On Sunday it is: Inter vs. Udinese; Genoa vs. Juventus; Torino vs. Fiorentina; and Lazio vs. Hellas Verona.

Published August 31, 2025