Napoli

Inter draw damages Lorenzo Insigne’s hopes of signing off with a Scudetto | Nicky Bandini

14-Feb-2022 12:13:23 | The Guardian

The Napoli stalwart, headed for Toronto, scored a penalty but Edin Dzeko’s goal kept the title race wide open

At least Lorenzo Insigne will not need to be taught another lesson by his children. He had barely made it back to his car after Napoli’s win over Torino in October when his sons, eight-year-old Carmine and six-year-old Christian, warned him that they would be getting the football out and showing him how to strike a penalty as soon as they got home.

Maybe they had some good pointers. The tame effort saved by Vanja Milinkovic-Savic in that match was Insigne’s third missed spot-kick of the season. Since then, he has converted four out of four. After Inter’s Stefan De Vrij kicked the heel of Victor Osimhen on Saturday, Insigne swept a confident penalty past Samir Handanovic – striking the ball with too much force for the keeper to reach despite diving the right way.