Napoli bought their first Champions League win because the 2023-24 season tonight with a 2-1 win over Sporting. Napoli ahead Rasmus Hojlund was strong in assault, serving to his facet to victory with a brace.
Chatting with Sky Sport after the sport, with , Hojlund described the evening as “A unbelievable night and I thank my teammates for this.
NAPLES, ITALY – OCTOBER 01: Rasmus Hojlund of SSC Napoli celebrates after scoring his facet first aim throughout the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Section MD2 match between SSC Napoli and Sporting Clube de Portugal at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on October 01, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Picture by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Pictures)
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Hojlund continued, delighted along with his facet’s win, their first on this season’s competitors after a gap recreation defeat to Pep Guardiola’s Manchester Metropolis.
“We’ve picked up our first factors within the Champions League, however the journey is lengthy and we have to preserve going like this,” Hojlund stated, “In a while we’ll additionally face Eintracht, the place my brother Oscar performs, and I can’t wait.”
Hojlund thanks ‘legend’ De Bruyne in Napoli win
Former Manchester Metropolis midfielder Kevin De Bruyne had a superb recreation on Wednesday night, aiding each of Hojlund’s objectives.
Simply final yr, the duo have been on opposing sides of the fierce rivalry in Manchester, with each leaving their respective golf equipment to affix Antonio Conte’s facet in the summertime.
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 Section MD2 match between SSC Napoli and Sporting Clube de Portugal at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on October 01, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Picture by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Pictures)
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Talking about De Bruyne, Hojlund stated “I thanked him. Kevin is a legend of this sport and when he has the ball, I do know that along with his high quality he’ll at all times put it completely for me.”
De Bruyne’s first help was an incisive move on a counter-attack that performed Hojlund by way of completely to calmly slot the ball previous Rui Silva. The second got here from a nook, with a ball swinging in to the close to submit that the Dane headed in.