UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, October 2, 2014
Napoli LWLDW 2
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Slovan Bratislava WDDLL 0
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Stadion Pasienky · 10,738 att.

Match Report

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Marek Hamsik the star as Napoli win at Slovan Bratislava

Napoli's perfect start to their Europa League campaign continued as Marek Hamsik inspired them to victory over former club Slovan Bratislava at the Stadion Pasienky on Thursday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
15
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
5
52.3
Possession
47.7
14
SHOTS
7
7
ON GOAL
1
0.5
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
456
Accurate Passes
400
532
Passes
493
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
1
22
Crosses
6
0.1
Cross %
0.2
62
Long Balls
84
40
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
2
23
Effective Tackles
16
27
Tackles
19
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
24
Effective Clearances
33
24
Clearances
33

Lineups

SLB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dusan PernisG
  2. 16Nicolas GorositoCD-L
  3. 3Branislav NinajCD-R
  4. 14Tomas JablonskyLB
  5. 4Erik CikosRB
  6. 9Juraj HalenárAM
  7. 8Erik GrendelLM
  8. 81Richard LasikRM
  9. 20Seydouba SoumahF
  10. 7Frantisek KubikAM-L
  11. 77Lester PeltierAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Martin PolacekSUB
  2. 26David HudakSUB
  3. 17Samuel StefánikSUB
  4. 11Marko MilinkovicSUB
  5. 10Igor ZofcákSUB
  6. 6Pavel FortSUB
  7. 21Kristian KolcakSUB

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1RafaelG
  2. 5Miguel BritosCD-L
  3. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 11Christian MaggioRB
  6. 17Marek HamsikAM
  7. 88Gökhan InlerLM
  8. 19David LópezRM
  9. 91Duván ZapataF
  10. 14Dries MertensAM-L
  11. 6Jonathan de GuzmánAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Lorenzo InsigneSUB
  2. 7José CallejónSUB
  3. 45Mariano AndújarSUB
  4. 77Walter GarganoSUB
  5. 16Giandomenico MestoSUB
  6. 4HenriqueSUB
  7. 9Gonzalo HiguaínSUB

Timeline

  1. 35' Goal! Slovan Bratislava 0, Napoli 1. Marek Hamsik (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kalidou Koulibaly with a through ball.
  2. 45' Substitution, Slovan Bratislava. Marko Milinkovic replaces Erik Grendel.
  3. 55' Frantisek Kubik (Slovan Bratislava) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 63' Substitution, Napoli. José Callejón replaces Jonathan de Guzmán.
  5. 71' Substitution, Slovan Bratislava. Igor Zofcák replaces Frantisek Kubik.
  6. 73' Substitution, Napoli. Gonzalo Higuaín replaces Duván Zapata.
  7. 74' Goal! Slovan Bratislava 0, Napoli 2. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marek Hamsik with a cross.
  8. 80' Substitution, Napoli. Giandomenico Mesto replaces Marek Hamsik.
  9. 85' Substitution, Slovan Bratislava. Kristian Kolcak replaces Richard Lasik.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.