UCL: Napoli wallop Calvin Bassey’s Ajax 6-1 to maintain 100% record

Giacomo Raspadori scored twice to help Victor Osimhen’s Napoli thrash Calvin Bassey and his Ajax side 6-1 at home in their third Group A game on Tuesday night.
Super Eagles forward Osimhen missed the game, as he’s still recovering from an injury, while fellow national team compatriot defender Bassey played the full 90 minutes.
But Bassey couldn’t help his team avoid the heavy defeat at the hands of the better informed Napoli team at the Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Ghanaian youngster, Mohammed Kudus, continued with his impressive scoring form to put Ajax in the lead nine minutes into action, before Raspadori equalised for Napoli with the same time interval.
Giovanni Di Lorenzo put Napoli ahead moments later before Piotr Zieliński doubled the visitors’ lead just a few minutes before the half time whistle as Napoli went into the break with a 3-1 advantage.
Napoli started the second half from where they left it in the first as Raspadori got his brace of the night to increase Napoli lead by a three-goal margin.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia turned up to score The Blues’ fifth goal of the night before Ajax were reduced to 10 men minutes later after Dušan Tadić was given the marching order.
Giovanni Simeone, who came on for Raspadori, netted his second goal in this year’s tournament to seal the victory for Napoli as the Italian side walked home with a massive 6-1 victory and the maximum points in the bag.
The victory sent Napoli to top of Group A with a 100 per cent record and 11 goals difference so far in this year’s competition.
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette

States
Independence: NBA urges Nigerians to expect better future
The NBA said that ordinary Nigerians should be deriving benefit from the subsidy removal rather than hardship.

Agriculture
FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology
The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices

Politics
Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku
“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”

Africa
Ghana police arrest 57-year-old man for alleged shoplifting
The suspect was arrested on Thursday by the Somanya District Police Command.

States
Army seeks traditional rulers’ intervention to tackle crime in Plateau
The commander assured the monarch of a comprehensive assessment of the challenges.

States
Police arrest two suspects over drug supply, rescue 17 minors in Bauchi
Mr Habib said police operatives conducted a search and recovered 12 packs of rubber solution from the suspects.

States
South-East commission delivers relief materials to Abia flood victims
Mr Ogbede said the donation also included diapers for children and sanitary pads for mothers affected by the flooding.

States
Niger: Woman allegedly poisons co-wife’s children over inability to bear child
The police arrested a woman for allegedly poisoning her co-wife’s children in Takuti village, Lapai Local Government Area.

Politics
Tinubu lists economy, education, healthcare as priorities if re-elected
Mr Tinubu commended Mr Wike and the people of Rivers for massively expressing their resolve to support his re-election bid.





