UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, March 12, 2015
Dinamo Moscow WWDWW 1
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Napoli WWLDD 3
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DMO101
NAP213
1st Leg · Diego Armando Maradona

Match Report

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Gonzalo Higuain records hat trick as Napoli defeat Dinamo Moscow

Gonzalo Higuain plundered a hat trick as Napoli recovered from an early fright to seize a commanding advantage against 10-man Dinamo Moscow in the Europa League.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
16
4
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
3
7
Saves
2
34.4
Possession
65.6
11
SHOTS
19
3
ON GOAL
10
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
2
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
216
Accurate Passes
517
314
Passes
591
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
4
7
Crosses
24
0.4
Cross %
0.2
84
Long Balls
44
25
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
8
18
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
37
Effective Clearances
20
37
Clearances
20

Lineups

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 45Mariano AndújarG
  2. 5Miguel BritosCD-L
  3. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 4HenriqueRB
  6. 6Jonathan de GuzmánAM
  7. 88Gökhan InlerLM
  8. 8JorginhoRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 14Dries MertensAM-L
  11. 7José CallejónAM-R

DMO · 4-4-2

  1. 30Vladimir GabulovG
  2. 15Tomas HubocanCD-L
  3. 4Christopher SambaCD-R
  4. 18Yuri ZhirkovLB
  5. 25Aleksei KozlovRB
  6. 6William VainqueurCM-L
  7. 47Roman ZobninCM-R
  8. 7Balázs DzsudzsákLM
  9. 14Mathieu ValbuenaRM
  10. 22Kevin KuranyiCF-L
  11. 9Aleksandr KokorinCF-R

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Napoli 0, Dinamo Moscow 1. Kevin Kuranyi (Dinamo Moscow) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Mathieu Valbuena with a cross following a corner.
  2. 9' Substitution, Napoli. Raúl Albiol replaces Kalidou Koulibaly because of an injury.
  3. 25' Goal! Napoli 1, Dinamo Moscow 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Faouzi Ghoulam with a cross.
  4. 28' Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 30' Mathieu Valbuena (Dinamo Moscow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 31' Goal! Napoli 2, Dinamo Moscow 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  7. 32' Roman Zobnin (Dinamo Moscow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 41' Balázs Dzsudzsák (Dinamo Moscow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 46' Second yellow card to Roman Zobnin (Dinamo Moscow) for a bad foul.
  10. 55' Goal! Napoli 3, Dinamo Moscow 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonathan de Guzmán.
  11. 62' Substitution, Dinamo Moscow. Alexander Buttner replaces Kevin Kuranyi.
  12. 70' Substitution, Napoli. Marek Hamsik replaces Jonathan de Guzmán.
  13. 72' Substitution, Dinamo Moscow. Aleksey Ionov replaces Mathieu Valbuena.
  14. 78' Tomas Hubocan (Dinamo Moscow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 80' Christopher Samba (Dinamo Moscow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 82' Substitution, Napoli. Juan Zuñiga replaces José Callejón.
  17. 90'+2' Substitution, Dinamo Moscow. Alexander Tashaev replaces Balázs Dzsudzsák.

UEFA Europa League News

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