In a heated Italian Serie A showdown on Saturday night, Napoli suffered a 2-0 defeat against Roma, marred by Victor Osimhen\u2019s red card expulsion.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old Nigerian forward, who earlier in the day had inked a contract extension with Napoli, was sent off after committing two reckless fouls within a mere 12 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n Osimhen\u2019s dismissal left Napoli two men down on the field, compounding their woes as they trailed by a goal.<\/span><\/p>\n The match was riddled with discord, as Osimhen\u2019s strike partner, Matteo Politano, had already been sent off earlier in the tense encounter, leading to a total of 11 yellow cards. Both clubs\u2019 coaches were also booked for their protestations.<\/span><\/p>\n Roma\u2019s manager, Jose Mourinho, engaged in a confrontation with Osimhen during the first half, accusing him of simulation in an attempt to win a penalty. Surprisingly, the altercation concluded with Mourinho planting a kiss on the cheek of the former Lille striker.<\/span><\/p>\n Osimhen\u2019s first yellow card came in the 75th minute, and the second arrived in the 87th minute, culminating in his vehement disagreement with the referee\u2019s decision to send him off.<\/span><\/p>\n This incident marks Osimhen\u2019s second red card during his tenure with the club.<\/span><\/p>\n Romelu Lukaku, Roma\u2019s striker, hammered home the final blow deep into added time after Lorenzo Pellegrini had earlier put Roma in the lead in the 76th minute.<\/span><\/p>\n With this loss, Napoli slid to seventh place on the Serie A table, amassing 27 points from 17 matches. Roma capitalized on the victory, leapfrogging above Napoli in the standings.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a heated Italian Serie A showdown on Saturday night, Napoli suffered a 2-0 defeat against Roma, marred by Victor Osimhen\u2019s red card expulsion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5397,3413,1451,2400],"class_list":["post-17159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-napoli","tag-roma","tag-serie-a","tag-victor-osimhen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17161,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17159\/revisions\/17161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}