Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, March 15, 2015
Napoli WLDDW 0
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Hellas Verona LLDWD 2
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Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi · 22,468 att.

Match Report

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Napoli Champions League hopes take hit in loss to Hellas Verona

Napoli saw their push for a place in the Champions League next season suffer a setback as they were beaten 2-0 at Hellas Verona on Sunday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
16
5
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
7
70
Possession
30
16
SHOTS
12
7
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
509
Accurate Passes
165
615
Passes
262
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.6
5
Accurate Crosses
6
25
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.4
63
Long Balls
80
28
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
11
20
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
30
Effective Clearances
41
30
Clearances
41

Head to Head

NAP leads series 5-0

Lineups

VER · 4-3-3

  1. 22Francesco BenussiG
  2. 2Guillermo RodríguezCD-L
  3. 18Vangelis MorasCD-R
  4. 3Eros PisanoLB
  5. 26Jacopo SalaRB
  6. 77Panagiotis TachtsidisCM
  7. 10Emil HallfredssonLM
  8. 8Mounir ObaddiRM
  9. 9Luca ToniF
  10. 21Juanito GómezLF
  11. 11Bosko JankovicRF

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 45Mariano AndújarG
  2. 5Miguel BritosCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 16Giandomenico MestoRB
  6. 17Marek HamsikAM
  7. 88Gökhan InlerLM
  8. 19David LópezRM
  9. 91Duván ZapataF
  10. 14Dries MertensAM-L
  11. 6Jonathan de GuzmánAM-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Verona 1, Napoli 0. Luca Toni (Verona) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner.
  2. 9' Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 26' Jacopo Sala (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 44' Juanito Gómez (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 51' Goal! Verona 2, Napoli 0. Luca Toni (Verona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Emil Hallfredsson with a cross following a fast break.
  6. 52' Giandomenico Mesto (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 57' Raúl Albiol (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 61' Substitution, Napoli. José Callejón replaces Jonathan de Guzmán.
  9. 67' Substitution, Verona. Leandro Greco replaces Juanito Gómez.
  10. 67' Substitution, Napoli. Gonzalo Higuaín replaces Giandomenico Mesto.
  11. 70' Mounir Obbadi (Verona) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 71' Substitution, Verona. Lazaros Christodoulopoulos replaces Mounir Obbadi.
  13. 72' Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 80' Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 82' Substitution, Napoli. Manolo Gabbiadini replaces Marek Hamsik.
  16. 85' Substitution, Verona. Ivan Martic replaces Bosko Jankovic.
  17. 89' Manolo Gabbiadini (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 90' Second yellow card to Jacopo Sala (Verona).
  19. 90'+4' Miguel Britos (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 90'+4' Luca Toni (Verona) is shown the yellow card.

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