Noa Lang celebrates his second goal with Kevin De Bruyne at Napoli’s Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on Oct 10, 2026.
Napoli’s switch to a 3‑4‑3 dazzled, crushing Frosinone 3‑0 as De Bruyne netted a chaotic brace and Lang added a tap‑in, with McTominay back on the pitch.
The hosts deployed a 3‑4‑3, debuting Benoît Badiashile while Antonio Vergara partnered Costantino Favasuli, Alisson Santos, Frank Anguissa, Mathias Olivera and Alessandro Buongiorno on the bench. Alex Meret, David Neres and Lorenzo Spinazzola recovered, and McTominay returned a month after heart‑arrhythmia surgery.
Frosinone entered the match three points ahead, fresh from a 2‑0 win over Como before the international break. Florian Grillitsch and Daniel Birligea sat out, but Antonio Raimondo shrugged off a knock to lead the line.
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Napoli surged early; in the third minute Rasmus Højlund smashed the post from a Giovanni Di Lorenzo cross, beating his marker.
Di Lorenzo then denied Giorgi Kvernadze, cutting off a Romano Schmid right‑wing cross, before the Georgian tested Meret from a razor angle.
Controversy sparked when Højlund fell in the box under Giorgio Cittadini’s pressure, pleading for a soft penalty that VAR declined to review.
Højlund’s spot‑kick was saved by Lorenzo Palmisani, but VAR flagged the keeper’s foot off the line, forcing a retake. Allegri then instructed De Bruyne, who calmly slotted home.
Moments later Di Lorenzo’s lay‑off to Højlund was blocked by Palmisani, yet the ball ricocheted to Lang, who finished unchallenged for 2‑0.
Lang also rattled Palmisani’s gloves with a fierce near‑post strike, while Neres fired a near‑miss from just inside his own half.
After the restart Neres and Lang linked quickly, grazing the post, but the real story was McTominay’s emotional return to a roaring crowd. For my money, his comeback could spark Napoli’s late‑season surge. Will his presence lift the team into the title race?
Kvernadze unleashed a pair of dangerous cross‑shots that whizzed past Meret, yet none of his teammates arrived, and he later tried his own effort from the edge of the area.
McTominay nearly found the net, testing Palmisani at the near post, while substitute Lorenzo Lucca drew jeers after a couple of errors.
In stoppage time Alessio Zerbin drifted in, but Tomas Bobček failed to tap it home from six yards.
In the final kick, Giovane cut in from the left, cut back at the byline, and De Bruyne gently curled a first‑time finish into the lower corner with his right foot.
De Bruyne pen 29, 94 (N), Lang 32 (N)
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