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Lorenzo Insigne

On Sunday January 23, Napoli captain Lorenzo Insigne came on as a halftime substitute in Napoli’s easy 4-1 home win over bottom-of-the-table and seemingly relegation-bound Salernitana. Within two minutes of the restart, Napoli had put the lid on a predictably one-sided game, scoring their third goal through Kosovo national team captain, defender Amir Rrahmani.

At this point, you might have expected Napoli to pull in their oars, stop rowing and just cruise. Insigne, however, had no such intentions. Within five minutes, he was off on a

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