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Napoli routs Ajax 6-1 to stay perfect in Champions League

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Napoli's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, left, challenges Ajax's Mohammed Kudus during the Champions League group A soccer match between Ajax and Napoli at the Johan Cruyff ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Giacomo Raspadori scored a goal in each half as Napoli humiliated Ajax in a 6-1 thrashing Tuesday to continue its perfect and prolific start in the group stage of the Champions League.

Napoli's unrelenting high pressing forwards and midfielders never gave Ajax time to build up from the back and forced defenders to repeatedly turn over the ball, creating chance after chance for the rampant Serie A leader.

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