Italian Serie A

FT Monday, May 18, 2015
Cesena DLDLL 2
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Napoli LWDDL 3
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CES202
NAP213
Diego Armando Maradona · 37,568 att.

Match Report

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Dries Mertens brace keeps alive Napoli's Champions League hopes

Napoli kept their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League next season alive, although they were made to work hard for a 3-2 win over Cesena.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
2
38.3
Possession
61.7
7
SHOTS
15
4
ON GOAL
4
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
297
Accurate Passes
498
381
Passes
591
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
7
5
Crosses
29
0.2
Cross %
0.2
59
Long Balls
70
32
Accurate Long Balls
42
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
7
11
Effective Tackles
9
15
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
37
Effective Clearances
10
37
Clearances
10

Head to Head

NAP leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 45Mariano AndújarG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 16Giandomenico MestoRB
  6. 17Marek HamsikAM
  7. 19David LópezLM
  8. 8JorginhoRM
  9. 23Manolo GabbiadiniF
  10. 14Dries MertensAM-L
  11. 7José CallejónAM-R

CES · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Federico AgliardiG
  2. 15Luka KrajncCD-L
  3. 25Daniele CapelliCD-R
  4. 33Francesco RenzettiLB
  5. 14Massimo VoltaRB
  6. 11Franco BrienzaAM
  7. 34Emmanuel CascioneLM
  8. 8Giuseppe De FeudisRM
  9. 92Grégoire DefrelF
  10. 7Carlos CarboneroAM-L
  11. 23Andrea TabanelliAM-R

Timeline

  1. 6' Massimo Volta (Cesena) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 15' Goal! Napoli 0, Cesena 1. Gregoire Defrel (Cesena) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrea Tabanelli.
  3. 19' Goal! Napoli 1, Cesena 1. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  4. 20' Goal! Napoli 2, Cesena 1. Manolo Gabbiadini (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a cross.
  5. 42' Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45'+2' Goal! Napoli 2, Cesena 2. Gregoire Defrel (Cesena) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Massimo Volta.
  7. 57' Substitution, Cesena. Stefano Lucchini replaces Andrea Tabanelli.
  8. 57' Goal! Napoli 3, Cesena 2. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marek Hamsik.
  9. 66' Substitution, Napoli. Gonzalo Higuaín replaces Manolo Gabbiadini.
  10. 71' Daniele Capelli (Cesena) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 73' Substitution, Cesena. Alejandro Rodriguez replaces Daniele Capelli.
  12. 76' Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 83' Substitution, Cesena. Riccardo Cazzola replaces Giuseppe De Feudis.
  14. 83' Substitution, Napoli. Lorenzo Insigne replaces Marek Hamsik.
  15. 89' Substitution, Napoli. Walter Gargano replaces Dries Mertens.

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