In the name of Sebatiano Esposito. Roberto D’Aversa’s Empoli flies, flies in the standings. The Tuscan team, with the 4-1 obtained at the “Bentegodi” against Hellas Verona, reaches ninth place in the standings, just three points behind Milan and Bologna in seventh position. A season so far worth remembering for the Azzurri, led by the Inter school attacker, who scored a brace in Veneto. And with yesterday’s two goals, the striker became the youngest in the Italian championship to have scored at least four goals.
Six goals in 13 games
And in his first experience as a starter in Serie A, to tell the truth he had played seven games and one goal in the league, two appearances in the Italian Cup and five in the Champions League and Europa League in 2019-2020, Esposito has collected numbers that certify his its technical value. There are eleven appearances in the championship, taking into account that from the ninth to the twelfth he was injured, with four goals and one assist, six if the two goals in the two appearances in the national tournament. Six in 13 games, an average of one goal every two games played. Equaled the number of goals from last season in Serie B with Sampdoria, one away from the record number of goals scored, seven, with the Basel shirt.
This season’s numbers
In the current championship, in addition to yesterday’s brace, he added to the net in the success against Cagliari and in the defeat against Lazio. In the Italian Cup, Esposito scored a goal and an assist against Catanzaro and the goal against Fiorentina.