De Bruyne Inspires Napoli as Cremonese Crushed 4–0 in Serie A

SSC Napoli delivered a commanding home performance to sweep aside US Cremonese 4–0 on Serie A matchday 34, with Kevin De Bruyne at the heart of an emphatic victory.

Napoli struck almost immediately. In the 3rd minute, Scott McTominay opened the scoring, finishing a move created by De Bruyne to give the hosts a perfect start and early control of the contest.

Serie A FINISHED

2026-04-24 18:45

SSC Napoli

4 - 0

US Cremonese

Matchday 34 REGULAR_SEASON

As Cremonese struggled to gain a foothold, Napoli’s pressure told again right on the stroke of half-time. Rasmus Højlund doubled the lead in the 45th minute, converting after good work from Matteo Politano on the flank. The first half went from bad to worse for the visitors deep into added time, when De Bruyne made it 3–0 in the 45+3rd minute with a strike of his own, effectively putting the game beyond reach before the interval.

Cremonese responded with a triple substitution at the break, introducing Alberto Grassi, Jari Vandeputte and Alessio Zerbin in an attempt to change the momentum. However, any hopes of a comeback were extinguished soon after the restart. In the 52nd minute, Alisson Santos added Napoli’s fourth, finishing a move assisted by goalkeeper Vanja Milinković-Savić to underline the hosts’ dominance.

Napoli then used the comfortable margin to rotate, with a series of substitutions between the 53rd and 75th minutes, including the introductions of Sam Beukema, Pasquale Mazzocchi, Billy Gilmour, Giovane Nascimento and Eljif Elmas. Cremonese later brought on Francesco Folino and Tommaso Barbieri, but the visitors were unable to find a response.

No bookings were recorded in the match, and detailed data on possession, shots and other statistics were not available from the provided report.

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Serie A Standings

Season: 2025/26

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	FC Internazionale Milano	35	26	4	5	82	31	51	82	W D W W W
2	SSC Napoli	35	21	7	7	52	33	19	70	D W L D W
3	AC Milan	35	19	10	6	48	29	19	67	L D W L L
4	Juventus FC	35	18	11	6	58	30	28	65	D D W W W
5	AS Roma	35	20	4	11	52	29	23	64	W W D W L
6	Como 1907	35	17	11	7	59	28	31	62	D W L L D
7	Atalanta BC	35	14	13	8	47	32	15	55	D L D L W
8	SS Lazio	35	13	12	10	39	34	5	51	W D W L D
9	Bologna FC 1909	35	14	7	14	42	41	1	49	D L L W W
10	US Sassuolo Calcio	35	14	7	14	43	44	-1	49	W D W L W
11	Udinese Calcio	35	13	8	14	43	46	-3	47	W D L W D
12	Parma Calcio 1913	35	10	12	13	25	42	-17	42	L W W D D
13	Torino FC	35	11	8	16	39	58	-19	41	L D D W W
14	Genoa CFC	35	10	10	15	40	48	-8	40	D L W W L
15	ACF Fiorentina	35	8	13	14	38	49	-11	37	L D D W W
16	Cagliari Calcio	35	9	10	16	36	49	-13	37	D W L W L
17	US Lecce	35	8	8	19	24	47	-23	32	W D D L L
18	US Cremonese	35	6	10	19	27	53	-26	28	L L D L L
19	Hellas Verona FC	35	3	11	21	24	57	-33	20	D D L L L
20	AC Pisa 1909	35	2	12	21	25	63	-38	18	L L L L L