Rasmus Hojlund scored on his debut after the transfer from Manchester United, as Napoli comfortably swept Fiorentina apart 3-1 with a Kevin De Bruyne penalty and Sam Beukema tap-in.
The Partenopei gained each opening fixtures, albeit needing a . Amir Rrahmani joined Miguel Gutierrez and Romelu Lukaku on the therapy desk, so Beukema and Hojlund acquired . The Viola stuttered within the Convention League play-offs, then drew each Serie A video games with Cagliari and Torino. Albert Gudmundsson and Christian Kouame weren’t absolutely match, with Hans Nicolussi Caviglia and Tariq Lamptey on the bench for the primary time.
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FLORENCE, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 13: Kevin De Bruyne of SSC Napoli celebrates after scoring a purpose through the Serie A match between ACF Fiorentina and SSC Napoli at Artemio Franchi on September 13, 2025 in Florence, Italy. (Picture by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Photos)
It was a really aggressive begin from Napoli, as Giovanni Di Lorenzo acquired down the left and tried to arrange Scott McTominay, denied by a determined double clearance off the road from David De Gea and Robin Gosens, however then Pietro Comuzzo clattered into the again of Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa for a penalty. Kevin De Bruyne stepped up and despatched De Gea the unsuitable method to convert.
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Hojlund made the right begin to his Napoli profession, sneaking up behind Marin Pongracic on the Leonardo Spinazzola via ball and drawing out De Gea to attain from a good angle with a fragile snooker shot off the within of the far submit.
FLORENCE, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 13: Antonio Conte supervisor of SSC Napoli celebrates after scoring a purpose with Rasmus Hojlund of SSC Napoli through the Serie A match between ACF Fiorentina and SSC Napoli at Artemio Franchi on September 13, 2025 in Florence, Italy. (Picture by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Photos)
It took till the nineteenth minute for Fiorentina to make any influence, Rolando Mandragora’s end deflected broad from eight yards after Moise Kean acquired it caught underneath his ft.
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De Gea reacted shortly to get one hand to a deflected De Bruyne strike arrange by the Hojlund lay-off, however Di Lorenzo risked an personal purpose with a vital interception to stop Kean tapping within the Dodo roll throughout to the again submit.
Kean drilled simply broad from the sting of the world, then after the restart Hojlund on the counter arrange Politano to pressure a De Gea save on the close to submit.
The ensuing Politano nook was flicked on to the again stick, the place Anguissa managed to maintain it in play, pulling it again from the by-line for Beukema’s tap-in for 3-0. This too was his first purpose within the Napoli jersey.
FLORENCE, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 13: Sam Beukema of SSC Napoli celebrates after scoring a purpose with Scott McTominay of SSC Napoli through the Serie A match between ACF Fiorentina and SSC Napoli at Artemio Franchi on September 13, 2025 in Florence, Italy. (Picture by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Photos)
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It was almost 4-0 when De Gea acquired all the way down to parry the deflected McTominay effort one-handed, Politano firing the rebound onto the bottom of the close to submit.
Kean and Anguissa turned over from promising positions, whereas Vanja Milinkovic-Savic pushed a Rolando Mandragora free kick over the bar.
Fiorentina did get one again when a Nicolussi Caviglia nook was flicked on by Lorenzo Lucca to the again submit for Luca Ranieri to drill arduous and low, shocking Milinkovic-Savic.
Immediately, the Viola have been fired up with Comuzzo’s header deflected off Alessandro Buongiorno, then on the ensuing nook Milinkovic-Savic pushed the Jacopo Fazzini bouncing volley out from the far high nook.
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Moments later, Fazzini’s impressed ball despatched Piccoli clear, forcing Milinkovic-Savic to parry with an outstretched leg one-on-one. Gosens then noticed his glancing header flash inches broad from one other Nicolussi Caviglia nook.
David Neres went on a robust run to put it off for Eljif Elmas, forcing a De Gea save with one boot from shut vary.
De Bruyne pen 6 (N), Hojlund 14 (N), Beukema 51 (N), Ranieri 79 (F)
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