World News – UA – European roundup: Naples beat Atalanta four times, Leipzig stays ahead in Germany

Napoli scored four goals in a devastating 20-minute first-half spell as they beat Atalanta 4-1 in Serie A on Saturday, giving visitors a taste of their own medicine

Atalanta, last season’s top scorer with 98 goals, had scored 13 goals in winning his first three games, but failed to respond to Napoli’s attacks in an extraordinary first half Mexican forward Hirving Lozano, out of favor with coach Gennaro Gattuso last season, put Napoli on track with two goals in four minutes

Matteo Politano shot the third at the half hour and Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen took advantage of a better defense to score the fourth before the break Napoli goalkeeper David Ospina’s kick was misjudged by Cristian Romero and Osimhen, signed from Lille this summer, scored with a turn shot to score his first goal for his new club

Atalanta remain with nine points in four games, one ahead of NapoliNapoli have won their three games on the pitch, scoring 12 goals and conceding one However, the Serie A disciplinary committee has inflicted a 3- defeat on them. 0 for not playing a game against Juventus amid confusion over Covid-19 rules and they also had a point deducted

RB Leipzig beat Augsburg 2-0 to stay ahead of the Bundesliga after four games, while other title contenders Borussia Dortmund needed a second-half goal from substitute Marco Reus to beat the host Hoffenheim 1-0

Angelino and Yussuf Poulsen’s goals gave Leipzig a two-goal cushion as they relaxed a bit in the second half with their Champions League debut against Basaksehir looming on Tuesday Leipzig goes to 10 points with Dortmund on nine

Dortmund, with Reus and top scorer Erling Haaland starting on the bench, were far from their best against Hoffenheim and had to wait until the end of the first half for their first opportunities

Reus and Haaland were coached in the 64th minute and instantly brought their team’s offense to life They combined perfectly so that the Dortmund captain could sign the winner with 14 minutes left, completing a successful dress rehearsal for Tuesday’s Champions League game against Lazio in Rome.

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