{"id":34873,"date":"2024-10-21T03:53:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T00:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=34873"},"modified":"2024-10-21T03:53:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T00:53:16","slug":"serie-a-napoli-edges-empoli-to-take-the-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/21\/serie-a-napoli-edges-empoli-to-take-the-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Serie A: Napoli edges Empoli to take the lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Sudan Events &#8211; Agencies<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Napoli took sole possession of the top spot in the Serie A standings after a narrow 1-0 victory over Empoli on Sunday in the eighth round.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Juventus had temporarily claimed the lead after their 1-0 win over Lazio on Saturday, but Napoli reclaimed the summit a few hours later.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Napoli now has 19 points from eight matches, three points ahead of second-placed Juventus, while Empoli remains stuck on 10 points in 11th place.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Napoli owes this win to their Georgian star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who scored the decisive goal from the penalty spot in the 63rd minute.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Napoli secured their sixth win, alongside one draw and one defeat, as they continue their pursuit of a fourth Serie A title and their first since the 2022-2023 season.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This was Napoli\u2019s third consecutive win in Serie A, and they recently advanced to the third round of the Coppa Italia.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudan Events &#8211; Agencies Napoli took sole possession of the top spot in the Serie A standings after a narrow 1-0 victory over Empoli on Sunday in the eighth round. Juventus had temporarily claimed the lead after their 1-0 win over Lazio on Saturday, but Napoli reclaimed the summit a few hours later. Napoli now &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34874,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34873\/revisions\/34874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}