Ospina, substitute a few days before the Qualifiers with Selection

After five consecutive games as a first baseman between Serie A and Europa League, David Ospina was again a substitute in Napoli, that fell 2-3 against Spartak Moscow at Diego Armando Maradona for the second day of the group stage of the continental tournament.

Luciano Spalletti chose Alex Meret to be under the three suits against the Russian team, which meant the return of the Italian after overcoming the injury that had given the Colombian continuity after the international break in September.

Napoli went ahead on the scoreboard before the first minute of play was completed, thanks to Eljif Elmas’s score. Nevertheless, The problems for the local began with a direct red for Mario Rui at minute 30 and in the complement came the comeback of Spartak Moscow through Quincy Promes (double) and Mikhail Ignatov. Victor Osimhen approached Napoli in the final and the Russian club also finished with 10 men for the expulsion of Maximiliano Caufriez.

With Ospina in goal, Napoli won the last four Serie A games against Juventus (2-1), Udinese (0-4), Sampdoria (0-4) and Cagliari (2-0), several with the Colombian as a figure, in addition to the tie at two against Leicester City in England at the start of the Europa League. These results have the southern Italian club as solo leader of Serie A with 18 points out of 18 possible, but now engaged in the UEL with a single point in two days.

David’s substitution occurs one day after meeting the announcement of Reinaldo Rueda for the triple round of Qualifying, in which the Tricolor will face Uruguay, Brazil and Ecuador. However, he has one opportunity to arrive with more minutes to the concentration of the Colombian National Team, since This Sunday, October 3, Napoli will visit Fiorentina for the seventh round of Serie A.