Kevin De Bruyne was Soccer Italia’s Man of the Match as Napoli dispatched Sporting 2-1 within the Champions League tonight.
Napoli 2-1 Sporting – Participant Scores
Napoli: Milinkovic-Savic 6; Gutierrez 5.5 (Olivera N/A), Jesus 6.5, Beukema 6.5, Spinazzola 7; Lobotka 6.5, McTominay 6 (Lang 6), De Bruyne 9 (Gilmour N/A), Anguissa 6, Politano 6 (Neres 6) ; Hojlund 8.5
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Greatest Napoli participant: De Bruyne – While I might have simply given this to Hojlund for his brace, the Belgian’s high quality and expertise in midfield rang true tonight, organising each of the Dane’s targets. He was a continuing presence in the midst of the park and the openness of tonight’s match suited him tremendously.
NAPLES, ITALY – OCTOBER 01: Kevin De Bruyne of SSC Napoli battles for possession with Francisco Trincao of Sporting Clube de Portugal throughout the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Part MD2 match between SSC Napoli and Sporting Clube de Portugal at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on October 01, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photograph by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Photos)
Lowest Napoli ranking: Gutierrez – The Spaniard was the weak hyperlink within the Napoli facet tonight and was caught out a number of instances by the Sporting assault earlier than being taken off with 10 minutes to go.
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Napoli coach: Conte 7.5 – He made some first rate tweaks as the sport progressed. Permitting Sporting to have extra of the ball, whether or not deliberately or not, was partly answerable for each Napoli’s targets, which got here after durations of the guests rising into the sport.
Silva 5; Araujo 5.5, Inacio 6, Quaresma 6 (Debast 6), Fresneda 6.5; Simoes 6.5 (Morita 5.5), Hjulmand 6.5; Catamo 6 (Suarez 7.5), Trincao 6 (Goncalves 6), Quenda 6.5; Ioannidis 5.5 (Alisson Santos 5.5)
NAPLES, ITALY – OCTOBER 01: Rasmus Hojlundcelebrates with Frank Anguissa after scoring his facet first objective throughout the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Part MD2 match between Sporting Clube de Portugal at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on October 01, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photograph by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Photos)
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Greatest Sporting participant: Suarez – The ahead got here on at half-time and instantly confirmed extra presence than Catamo. He gained possession a number of instances in key areas for the guests and scored the penalty which acquired them again into the sport.
Lowest Sporting ranking: Ioannidis – A lot of the guests’ attacking alternatives got here from elsewhere within the assault, because the centre-forward struggled to get previous Napoli’s sturdy centre-backs.
Sporting coach: Rui Borges 7 – Not rather more the visiting coach might have accomplished. His substitutes have been good and injected a lot wanted chew into the staff and his facet have been unfortunate ultimately to not come away with not less than a degree.