Rrahmani header seals Napoli pre-season win over Augsburg 

Napoli rose to a 1-0 victory over Bundesliga outfit Augsburg of their penultimate pre-season pleasant of the summer season because of a towering second half header from Amir Rrahmani. 

Rudi Garcia named a beginning XI that didn’t embrace stars Victor Osimhen, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia or Piotr Zielinski, however there have been alternatives for 2022-23 regulars Alex Meret, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Mathias Olivera and Stanislav Lobotka. 

Napoli’s club website described their staff’s efficiency as a “domination”, in a recreation that was filled with “willpower and aggressive physicality.” 

The Partenopei had a number of alternatives to go forward, notably via Matteo Politano Elif Elmas after simply six minutes of the primary half. 

The eventual breakthrough got here after 63 minutes, when Rrahmani lept greater than another participant within the space to nod residence from a routine nook. 

Napoli are but to document a loss in pre-season following friendlies towards Anaune Val di Non, SPAL, Hatayspor, Girona and now Augsburg. 

Garcia and his staff will face off towards Apollon Limassol on Friday of their last pre-season check earlier than Serie A motion returns on August 19.

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