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Napoli's fans celebrate after winning the Italian league soccer title, in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)

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Napoli's Scott McTominay celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Napoli's Scott McTominay scores his side's first goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Napoli fans wait for the start of the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Napoli's Romelu Lukaku, left, and Cagliari's Yerry Mina vie for the ball during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Napoli's Romelu Lukaku celebrates after scoring his side's 2nd goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Napoli's Romelu Lukaku scores his side's 2nd goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Napoli's Romelu Lukaku gets a yellow card during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Cagliari's goalkeeper Alen Sherri saves a ball during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Players celebrate at the end of the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Napoli's fans celebrate as they watch the decisive match for the Italian league soccer title between Napoli and Cagliari on a giant screen set in Piazza del Plebiscito, in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)

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Fans celebrate showing a number 4 during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Players celebrate at the end of the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Napoli fans hold three 'scudetto', referring to the Serie A titles won in 1987, 1990, 2023, and likely on 2025 at the Diego Maradona stadium before the decisive match for the Italian Serie A soccer championship title between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Napoli fans gather in Piazza Plebiscito before the decisive match for the Italian league soccer title between Napoli and Cagliari in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)

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In this Wednesday May 21, 2025 photo four 'scudetto' logo referring to the 4 Serie A titles won in 1987, 1990, 2023, and on Friday, May 23, 2025 are projected on the Posillipo beach in Naples, Italy. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)

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Napoli's fans celebrate after winning the Italian league soccer title, in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)

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Napoli's Scott McTominay celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Napoli's Scott McTominay scores his side's first goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Napoli fans wait for the start of the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Napoli's Romelu Lukaku, left, and Cagliari's Yerry Mina vie for the ball during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Napoli's Romelu Lukaku celebrates after scoring his side's 2nd goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Napoli's Romelu Lukaku scores his side's 2nd goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Napoli's Romelu Lukaku gets a yellow card during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Cagliari's goalkeeper Alen Sherri saves a ball during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Players celebrate at the end of the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Napoli's fans celebrate as they watch the decisive match for the Italian league soccer title between Napoli and Cagliari on a giant screen set in Piazza del Plebiscito, in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)

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Fans celebrate showing a number 4 during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Players celebrate at the end of the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Maradona stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Napoli fans hold three 'scudetto', referring to the Serie A titles won in 1987, 1990, 2023, and likely on 2025 at the Diego Maradona stadium before the decisive match for the Italian Serie A soccer championship title between Napoli and Cagliari at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Napoli fans gather in Piazza Plebiscito before the decisive match for the Italian league soccer title between Napoli and Cagliari in Naples, Italy, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)

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In this Wednesday May 21, 2025 photo four 'scudetto' logo referring to the 4 Serie A titles won in 1987, 1990, 2023, and on Friday, May 23, 2025 are projected on the Posillipo beach in Naples, Italy. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)

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GREGORIO BORGIA and SALVATORE LAPORTA

May 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM UTC

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Napoli won 2-0 over Cagliari on Friday in the final round of the Serie A title, Scott McTominay scored with an acrobatic bicycle kick before halftime and Romelu Lukaku doubled the lead with a solo goal after the break.

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