Napoli head coach, Luciano Spalletti has admitted that Super Eagles attacker, Victor Osimhen played and scored against Cagliari despite injury complaint.
Osimhen was introduced in the 67th minute as a replacement for Andrea Petagna and he helped his club restored parity 20 minutes later as they remain in the third spot with 54 points from 26 games.
Speaking with the club’s official website shortly after the game, Spalletti praised the sacrifices made by the Nigerian and Fabian Ruiz who played the game despite not being 100 percent fit for the game.
He said: “We probably would have deserved even less than what Cagliari showed. We were penalized by the absences but we weren’t even able to express what we could.
“After the matches in Europe it may happen that you don’t have the necessary energy. We can also be happy today for the result because it was a challenge that got complicated and has never been easy for us.
“Unfortunately, we never manage to be complete. When it seems that the squad is in place, we always lose some men. But I have to congratulate those who, despite the ailments, have entered like Osimhen and Fabian
“It is trivial to say that today we would have wanted success in every way, but unfortunately we did not succeed. I cannot tell the boys anything, because I know their availability and today everyone has done what was possible
“In this moment of the championship all the races are difficult even for those who are ahead in the classification. Now we have other important appointments and we hope to be able to face them with all the men available”
Osimhen has been involved in 16 of Napoli’s league games and he scored his seventh goal in the 1-1 draw with Cagliari on Monday night.