Serie A 2023-24: Amir Rrahmani Scores Stoppage-Time Winner As Napoli Beat Salernitana To End 4-Game Winless Streak

Matteo Politano was the other goal-scorer for Napoli, who are the defending Serie A champions. Antonio Candreva had earlier put Salernitana ahead around the half-hour mark

Updated on: 14 January 2024 9:12 am

Amir Rrahmani (C) celebrates after scoring a goal during the Italian Serie A football match between Napoli and Salernitana at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy.

Defending Serie A champions Napoli scored in stoppage time for a 2-1 win over Salernitana in a regional derby on Saturday to end a four-match winless streak.?(More Football News)

Defender Amir Rrahmani found the target six minutes into added time after Salernitana goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa collided with a teammate.

Ending a turbulent stretch for Napoli, Rrahmani celebrated by taking his shirt off and running toward Napoli's hard-core “ultra” fans behind the goal bare-chested.

Earlier in the week there was a spat between the agent of Napoli winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and the club's center forward Victor Osimhen, who is away with Nigeria at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Napoli moved up to sixth place, two points below the Champions League spots with all of the teams ahead still to play this weekend.

Later, Serie A leaders Inter Milan were visiting neighboring Monza.

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Salernitana, which remained in last place, put up a fight at the Stadio Diego Maradona.

Antonio Candreva put Salernitana ahead with a long, curling shot into the top corner near the half-hour mark. It was Candreva's sixth score from outside the box since the start of last year — more than anyone in Europe's five biggest leagues.

Matteo Politano equalized for Napoli with a penalty before the break following a foul on Giovanni Simeone.

Then Ochoa kept the visitors in the game until Rrahmani's strike.

Also, Genoa and Torino drew 0-0.?