The Belgian passed Maradona for networks in Serie A and equaled Kvara of the Tricolor year: 10 assists in a championship are his career record
Bet won. Without appeal. Despite the thousand difficulties and also a pinch of initial distrust, Romelu Lukaku took Naples And now he tries to be the symbol of the dream of an entire people. Six days from the end, the new Romelu travels to sails explained to another season as a protagonist, made up of new records and, who knows, perhaps also of new triumphs. Meanwhile, however, the certainty and that a Lukaku had never seen each other before in his career: with the two assists packaged for MCTominay against Empoli, the Belgian reached the Double figure of assist in the championship for the first time. Not even to Inter in the extraordinary year of the Scudetto had arrived so much: he had stopped at 9 winning passages, favored by a sublime understanding with his former friend Lautaro. And however, it had gone up to 24 goals, second in the scorers behind Cristiano Ronaldo (29). But this is a new Lukaku, less overflowing individually and more linked to team performance. Napoli grew up with him. And today he knows that the Scudetto race will also depend on the incidence of his number 11.
Again at the top
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On Monday evening Lukaku confirmed the incredible seasonal trend, still increasing the incidence of his goals on team wins. Twelve networks in twelve different races. And twelve successes for Napoli, who translated into points 36: more than half of the current 68 in the standings. In short, if the dream is still alive, there is a lot of Romelu in the tricolor ambitions of Napoli. Rom is the second player in Europe currently in double-doppia (goal + assist) after a certain Momo Salah. And for those who still have doubts about their technical-tactical importance in Naples, there are many other data that impress.
Goals
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Meanwhile, in this championship only Mateo Rettegui was more decisive than he fIn the relationship in the sum between goals and assist: the Atalantino, top scorer with 23 goals, entered 28 markings, while Romelu is at 22. Which are the sum – as mentioned – of 12 goals and 10 assists, practically the loot of Kvaratskhelia in the unforgettable season of the third Neapolitan championship. The last Napoli player to have marked more than 10 goals and served more than 10 assists in one season was another Belgian who in the shadow of Vesuvius rewritten the books of history: Dries Mertens in 2018-19 closed with 16 goals and 11 winning steps. Lukaku put his friend “Ciro” – king of all time bomber in Naples – after having Instead, Maradona has passed in the standings of the scores ever in awith the goal at Empoli.
New life
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Lukaku has returned dominant in his own way, with A new way of being on the pitch and to put themselves at the service of his teammates. It is the striker with the most shores in the championship, but also the second for a percentage of the construction, always behind the attributes: 29 percent for Atalantino, 23 for the new king of Naples. That before this year, only in one season (2020-21) had arrived in double figures of assisting by including those of the Cup (2), and not surprisingly even then on the bench was Antonio Conte. A winning combination, always and perhaps forever. The two found themselves in Naples, still choosing themselves, as had happened at Inter. There, the title came to the second season, after a year of running -in. The ending of this championship, however, is still all to be written. Lukaku is enjoying his revenge in Naples and the pleasure of feeling still head. A huge responsibility, which however wanted from the first summer call with Conte. Romelu feels debt with his coach and with the president Aurelio De Laurentiis. And he has no intention of removing his foot from the accelerator. Naples will not only be a stop like many others, but an extraordinary experience. To be made memorable with the Scudetto.
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