"It's an important result," said Napoli forward Insigne. "We are ahead but it depends on us, we must always win. Juve never give up, but we have shown we have great character and big heart. "We're playing every game as if it were a final. We hope it will pay off in the end." And in Sardinia they dominated Cagliari -- who are just five points above the drop zone -- as snow wreaked havoc on the Italian Peninsula.⏱FULL TIME ⚽ #CagliariNapoli 0-5 ?? #SerieATIM ? #ForzaNapoliSempre pic.twitter.com/pwuET872Mu
— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) February 26, 2018
Sunday's Serie A game between champions Juventus and Atalanta in Turin was postponed because of blizzard-like conditions in northern Italy. Napoli have 69 points from 26 matches, four points ahead of Juventus, who have a game in hand, with Lazio moving up to third after Sunday's 3-0 win over Sassuolo. "I hope to get to 100 points," said Sarri. "But for us it would be unknown territory, we don't know if we can get there.Napoli at their destructive best ? pic.twitter.com/DAkQtMzGpn
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"I told the lads that of the 12 games left we have to win 11 and draw one," he added with Napoli's next two games against Roma and Inter Milan. Cagliari gave a first start to North Korean forward Han Kwang-Song who has returned to the Mediterranean island from a loan spell at Perugia. Brazilian Allan set up Callejon for the opener after 29 minutes and, three minutes before the break, Mertens finished off an Elseid Hysaj cross.26 - @sscnapoli are unbeaten in their last 26 away Serie A games: they have scored 72 goals in the process, 2.8 per game on average. Traveller.
— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) February 26, 2018
Cagliari also had their chances but Leonardo Pavoletti was off target twice with Pepe Reina denying Han. But after the break Napoli dominated with Hamsik getting the third on the hour mark for his sixth in the league this season. Insigne then converted a penalty awarded after Leandro Castan raised his hand to clear, with Rui completing the rout with a free-kick, condemning Cagliari to their 15th defeat of the season. RESULT: Cagliari 0 Napoli 5 (Callejon 29, Mertens 42, Hamsik 61, Insigne 72-pen, Rui 90) Serie A table after Monday's match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Napoli 26 22 3 1 60 15 69 Juventus 25 21 2 2 62 15 65 Lazio 26 16 4 6 64 33 52 Inter 26 14 9 3 42 21 51 Roma 26 15 5 7 40 21 50 Sampdoria 26 13 5 8 46 34 44 Milan 26 13 5 8 37 30 44 Atalanta 25 10 8 7 37 29 38 Torino 26 8 12 6 36 32 36 Fiorentina 26 9 8 9 35 32 35 Udinese 26 10 3 13 37 38 33 Bologna 26 10 3 13 33 38 33 Genoa 26 8 6 12 21 27 30 Chievo 26 6 7 13 23 43 25 Cagliari 26 7 4 15 23 41 25 Sassuolo 26 6 5 15 15 46 23 Crotone 26 5 6 15 23 47 21 SPAL 26 4 8 14 26 49 20 Verona 26 5 4 17 24 51 19 Benevento 26 3 1 22 18 60 10?? Napoli are having an INCREDIBLE season.
? Ten #SerieA wins on the bounce. ? Four points clear at the top. ? Lost just one league game all season. ? 17 points clear of 3rd. ? 20 goals for Dries Mertens. ? Goal Difference of +45. ? #ForzaNapoli pic.twitter.com/D3omc44GZ0 — Sky Bet (@SkyBet) February 26, 2018
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