Hojlund seals second place for Napoli
Rasmus Hojlund scored the only goal as Napoli rounded out its Serie A campaign with a 1-0 win over 10-man Udinese, a result that secured a second-placed finish.
Antonio Conte's side knew a point on the final day would have been enough to fend off AC Milan and Roma, but it was made to work for their 23rd league win of 2025-2026.
Napoli almost made the perfect start after just 65 seconds when Alisson Santos cut inside and forced Maduka Okoye into a smart stop low to his left, but the Brazilian saw his day ended early when he appeared to injure his hamstring when chasing a ball over the top.
However, it was his replacement, Kevin De Bruyne, that helped create the opening goal in the 24th minute, with his incisive pass gathered by Hojlund, who took a couple of touches before firing into the bottom-left corner.
The host was able to hold Udinese at arms' length from there, but its chances of pulling further clear improved when Christian Kabasele received his marching orders just after the hour after tussling, and then kicking out at Hojlund, with the red card shown after a VAR review.
Its man advantage seemed to hinder it, with Juan Jesus needing to clear Idrissa Gueye's effort off the line before Scott McTominay fired over from close range after good work from Hojlund down the right-hand side.
Matteo Politano and Miguel Gutierrez then saw their respective attempts comfortably gathered by Okoye as Napoli held on for all three points across the minutes that remained in what could have been Conte's final game in charge amid speculation over his future.
