Speaking of power, look at how hard Dries Mertens hits this. Mirante gets a hand to it, but he's lucky it stayed attached to his arm. This was also Mertens' first Serie A goal of the season.
If you've ever wanted to know what it looks like when a Grown Man uses overwhelming strength to bully his way to a goal, then watch Duvan Zapata make Gabriel Palleta look like a weakling.
A FANTASTIC run from Duvan Zapata ultimately helped set himself up for Napoli's third goal, and Slovan Bratislava look helpless.
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Just 15 minutes in, and Napoli are up 2-0 thanks to Marek Hamsik's close range shot off a Dries Mertens free kick.
Dries Mertens got an early goal to put Napoli up 1-0 over Slovan Bratislava after just five minutes.
Jonathan De Guzman had barely stepped on the pitch when Napoli struck on the counter, and the Dutch-Canadian midfielder found them an equalizer to make it 2-2 in the 72nd minute.
With Napoli trailing 2-0, Duvan Zapata struck in the 66th minute to put Napoli on the board.
You can't be a Napoli fan and not eagerly anticipate every year's calendar. No mere headshots or routine goals scored for our team. No...this year it looks like there may even be a bit of bondage. Forza Napoli!
A lead! A lead! And a nice finish too! Well taken and done, Jonathan De Guzman!
Inler had to get one of these long range shots to work eventually, right? That was probably the best hit of them so far.