Football: Napoli dominate Catania

MILAN: Goals from Marek Hamsik and Paolo Cannavaro helped Napoli secure a 2-0 win over outclassed Catania and move level on points with Juventus at the top of Italy’s Serie A on Saturday. Napoli had given Juve a reminder of their title ambitions last week when Edinson Cavani snatched a precious 2-1 win at Parma as Juve stuttered at home to Genoa. Cavani, who tops the league scoring charts with 18 goals, came close on several occasions at a rain and wind-hit San Paolo stadium. But the goal-scoring duties ultimately fell to silky Slovakian Hamsik, with Cannavaro finding himself in the right place at the right time for Napoli’s second just before the break.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 4^th, 2013.