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Hirving Lozano named MVP in first leg of Napoli vs Frankfurt Champions League tie

The Mexican had an outstanding performance in the first leg of the Knockout Round by giving two assists in Napoli’s 0-2 win over Eintracht Frankfurt.

Mauricio Torres
Mauricio Torres
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The Mexican had an outstanding performance in the first leg of the Knockout Round by giving two assists in Napoli’s 0-2 win over Eintracht Frankfurt.
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Hirving Lozano got off to a swimming start in the Knock Out Round of the UEFA Champions League, helping Napoli down Eintracht Frankfurt assisting on both of Napoli’s goals in the 0-2 win. After the game, the Mexican was recognized as the MVP of the first leg.

On their official Twitter account, the Neapolitan squad published a photograph of the former Tuzos del Pachuca youth squad memeber being presented the award at Deutsche Bank Park field. Subsequently, the Mexican and Italian fans congratulated him for having made the two assists in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16.

According to the SofaScore statistics, ‘Chucky’ connected on 15 of the 21 passes, or 71% of his passes, and had 41 touches losing the ball 12 times, while winning four of the seven tackles he was involved in.

He is one of the top players on the Mexican national team, so it won’t be a surprise if Lozano is called up in the coming months to play in the Concacaf Nations League and the Gold Cup. El Tri manager Diego Martín Cocca has been in attendance of plenty of big Liga MX matches to analyze national players.