De Bruyne scores as Napoli win on Serie A debut | OneFootball

Napoli didn't falter in their first match of the 2025-2026 Serie A season. The current Italian champions won 2-0 against newly-promoted Sassuolo on Saturday, thanks mainly to their new Belgian player, Kevin De Bruyne.

Three months after their win against Cagliari, which secured them their fourth Scudetto in history in an exciting final round, the Neapolitans were back in the Italian championship, and they did it in the best way possible.

Antonio Conte's team needed only 17 minutes to open the scoring. It was Scottish player Scott McTominay, the best player of last season's Serie A, who scored his team's first goal of the season with a spectacular shot into the corner.

Tranquility for Napoli

Napoli continued to dominate, and twice their attempts hit Sassuolo's crossbar, until De Bruyne calmed his team down, scoring with an assist from McTominay.

The Belgian, who arrived from Manchester City, scored the ambitious transfer window of Napoli, which also brought in Dutch players Noa Lang and Sam Beukema, and Italian Lorenzo Lucca, the latter starting on Saturday to replace Belgian Romelu Lukaku, who injured his left thigh in a recent friendly and may be out for several months.

The duel between Genoa and Lecce, two teams that should fight for survival, ended goalless.

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