Italian Serie A

FT Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Napoli WWWLW 2
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Genoa WLDLD 1
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Match Report

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Mexico's 'Chucky' Lozano gives Napoli win at Genoa amid VAR handball row

A second-half goal from Hirving Lozano gave Napoli a 2-1 win at struggling Genoa in Serie A on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
13
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
8
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
8
66.3
Possession
33.7
20
SHOTS
8
9
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
592
Accurate Passes
254
667
Passes
325
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
3
21
Crosses
22
0.2
Cross %
0.1
56
Long Balls
52
33
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
13
16
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
16
20
Effective Clearances
15
20
Clearances
15

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

GEN · 3-5-2

  1. 1Mattia PerinG
  2. 2Cristián ZapataCD
  3. 55Andrea MasielloCD-L
  4. 5Edoardo GoldanigaCD-R
  5. 85Valon BehramiCM-L
  6. 29Francesco CassataCM-R
  7. 20Lasse SchöneAM
  8. 3Antonio BarrecaLM
  9. 14Davide BiraschiRM
  10. 9Antonio SanabriaCF-L
  11. 99Andrea PinamontiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Iago FalqueSUB
  2. 23Mattia DestroSUB
  3. 19Goran PandevSUB
  4. 18Paolo GhiglioneSUB
  5. 30Andrea FavilliSUB
  6. 32Peter AnkersenSUB
  7. 8Lukas LeragerSUB
  8. 92Adama SoumaoroSUB
  9. 65Nicolò RovellaSUB
  10. 15Filip JagielloSUB
  11. 13Salvador IchazoSUB
  12. 22Federico MarchettiSUB

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 19Nikola MaksimovicCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 23Elseid HysajRB
  6. 68Stanislav LobotkaCM
  7. 12Eljif ElmasLM
  8. 8Fabián RuizRM
  9. 14Dries MertensF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoRF

Substitutes

  1. 34Amin YounesSUB
  2. 13Sebastiano LupertoSUB
  3. 20Piotr ZielinskiSUB
  4. 7José CallejónSUB
  5. 99Arkadiusz MilikSUB
  6. 27Orestis KarnezisSUB
  7. 31Faouzi GhoulamSUB
  8. 25David OspinaSUB
  9. 11Hirving LozanoSUB
  10. 5AllanSUB
  11. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' VAR Decision: No Goal Genoa 0-0 Napoli.
  2. 45'+1' Goal! Genoa 0, Napoli 1. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
  3. 49' Goal! Genoa 1, Napoli 1. Edoardo Goldaniga (Genoa) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lasse Schöne with a cross following a corner.
  4. 64' Substitution, Napoli. Hirving Lozano replaces Matteo Politano.
  5. 64' Substitution, Napoli. Arkadiusz Milik replaces Dries Mertens.
  6. 64' Substitution, Genoa. Lukas Lerager replaces Valon Behrami.
  7. 66' Goal! Genoa 1, Napoli 2. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz with a through ball.
  8. 70' Substitution, Genoa. Iago Falque replaces Francesco Cassata.
  9. 71' Substitution, Genoa. Goran Pandev replaces Antonio Sanabria.
  10. 71' Edoardo Goldaniga (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 82' Substitution, Genoa. Andrea Favilli replaces Andrea Pinamonti.
  12. 82' Substitution, Genoa. Paolo Ghiglione replaces Davide Biraschi.
  13. 82' Substitution, Napoli. Amin Younes replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  14. 82' Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Eljif Elmas.
  15. 87' Substitution, Napoli. Allan replaces Fabián Ruiz.

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