Osimhen salvages a point! Napoli is the latest Scudetto contender to slip up

Goalkeeper David Ospina made a blunder and gifted a goal to Cagliari, but Nigerian hitman Victor Osimhen scored a late equalizer to snatch a point for sub-par Napoli on their trip to Sardinia.It was a strange weekend in Italy. None of the title contenders managed to claim maximum points. Juventus were held in the Derby della Mole, Milan could only draw in Salerno, and most shockingly, Inter went down at home to Sassuolo.Victor Osimhen saving Spalletti’s embarrassment with a massive header to equalise for Napoli! pic.twitter.com/XVrDuZ4gE3— Gilles 🇳🇬🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@_Grimanditweets) February 21, 2022 Napoli have only got slim chances of entering the race for the trophy, but it’s looking higly unlikely – especially on tonight’s evidence.The Neapolitans were missing a host of players to injury including captain Lorenzo Insigne and key midfielders Stanislav Lobotka and Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa and the performance at a windy Unipol Domus stadium will have caused concern ahead of Thursday’s Europa League showdown with Barcelona.Goalkeeper David Ospina, surely one of the best in Serie A, conceded a farcical goal tonight to gift Cagliari the lead after letting a seemingly harmless Gaston Pereiro free-kick through his arms and into the net.Victor Osimhen scored his 11th goal of the season to help Napoli secure a 1-1 away draw against Cagliari 🤝 #SerieA pic.twitter.com/uvDX5fu6xv— SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) February 21, 2022 However, Ospina then redeemed himself with some important saves which kept the deficit to one goal and allowed substitute Osimhen to earn Napoli a draw when he thumped home Mario Rui’s deep cross.They might have been aiming for a win, but Napoli ended the match relieved just to have avoided losing.There are sure to be many more twists and turns as Milan, Inter, Napoli and Juventus try to get over the finishing line with their noses in front. The question is: who will have the fewest weekends like this one.SERIE A – Round 26FridayJuventus – Torino 1-1 (1-0)/De Ligt 13 – Belotti 62/SaturdaySampdoria – Empoli 2-0 (2-0)/Quagliarella 14, 29/Roma – Verona 2-2 (0-2)/Volpato 65, Bove 84 – Barak 5, Tameze 20/Salernitana – Milan 2-2 (1-1)/Bonazzoli 29, Djuric 72 – Messias 5, Rebic 77/SundayFiorentina – Atalanta 1-0 (0-0)/Piatek 56/Venezia – Genoa 1-1 (1-1)/Henry 13 – Ekuban 30/Inter – Sassuolo 0-2 (0-2)/Raspadori 8, Scamacca 26/Udinese – Lazio 1-1 (1-1)/Deulofeu 5 – Anderson 45/MondayCagliari – Napoli 1-1 (0-0)/Pereiro 58 – Osimhen 87/Bologna – Spezia ***odds are subject to change

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