Hellas Verona vs Napoli, 2019-20 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie AMexico's Hirving 'Chucky' Lozano scores late as Napoli win again
Hirving Lozano, reportedly out of favour with Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso because of his attitude in training, scored a late goal in the win.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 9': Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 9': Foul by Marash Kumbulla (Verona).
- 10': Foul by Miguel Veloso (Verona).
- 10': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 11': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Kalidou Koulibaly.
- 12': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Allan.
- 12': Hand ball by Samuel Di Carmine (Verona).
- 13': Foul by Mattia Zaccagni (Verona).
- 13': Nikola Maksimovic (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Attempt saved. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Elseid Hysaj.
- 18': Diego Demme (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 18': Foul by Valerio Verre (Verona).
- 19': Offside, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski tries a through ball, but Lorenzo Insigne is caught offside.
- 22': Attempt missed. Marco Faraoni (Verona) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
- 22': Attempt missed. Valerio Verre (Verona) with an attempt from very close range is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Marco Faraoni.
- 28': Attempt missed. Marco Faraoni (Verona) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Darko Lazovic with a cross.
- 29': Attempt saved. Samuel Di Carmine (Verona) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Darko Lazovic with a through ball.
- 29': Foul by Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli).
- 29': Sofyan Amrabat (Verona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 31': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Diego Demme.
- 31': Attempt missed. Amir Rrahmani (Verona) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Miguel Veloso with a cross following a corner.
- 35': David Ospina (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Foul by Marco Faraoni (Verona).
- 37': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Sofyan Amrabat.
- 38': Goal! Verona 0, Napoli 1. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matteo Politano with a cross following a corner.
- 43': Attempt saved. Miguel Veloso (Verona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Mattia Zaccagni.
- 43': Corner, Verona. Conceded by David Ospina.
- 44': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 45': Offside, Verona. Sofyan Amrabat tries a through ball, but Darko Lazovic is caught offside.
- 45'+4': Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Matteo Politano.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Verona 0, Napoli 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Verona 0, Napoli 1.
- 46': Attempt blocked. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 46': Attempt saved. Allan (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 46': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Marco Silvestri.
- 48': Attempt missed. Samuel Di Carmine (Verona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 49': Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Foul by Samuel Di Carmine (Verona).
- 50': Alan Empereur (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 52': Alan Empereur (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Foul by Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli).
- 53': Attempt saved. Miguel Veloso (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mattia Zaccagni.
- 53': Foul by Marco Faraoni (Verona).
- 53': Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 53': Marco Faraoni (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 54': Attempt saved. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Allan.
- 56': Amir Rrahmani (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Foul by Diego Demme (Napoli).
- 58': Hand ball by Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli).
- 58': Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
- 60': Hand ball by Mattia Zaccagni (Verona).
- 60': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Marco Faraoni (Verona) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 61': VAR Decision: No Goal Verona 0-1 Napoli.
- 64': Foul by Sofyan Amrabat (Verona).
- 64': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 65': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a headed pass.
- 66': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Kalidou Koulibaly.
- 67': Substitution, Napoli. Fabián Ruiz replaces Allan.
- 67': Substitution, Napoli. Faouzi Ghoulam replaces Elseid Hysaj.
- 67': Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Foul by Marash Kumbulla (Verona).
- 69': Attempt saved. Amir Rrahmani (Verona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Valerio Verre.
- 70': Substitution, Verona. Giampaolo Pazzini replaces Samuel Di Carmine.
- 70': Substitution, Verona. Eddie Salcedo replaces Mattia Zaccagni.
- 71': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Amir Rrahmani.
- 72': Foul by Eddie Salcedo (Verona).
- 72': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 72': Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Arkadiusz Milik.
- 72': Substitution, Napoli. Stanislav Lobotka replaces Diego Demme.
- 77': Substitution, Verona. Matteo Pessina replaces Valerio Verre.
- 80': Offside, Verona. Marco Faraoni tries a through ball, but Giampaolo Pazzini is caught offside.
- 81': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
- 83': Attempt missed. Marco Faraoni (Verona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Amir Rrahmani.
- 84': Substitution, Napoli. Hirving Lozano replaces Matteo Politano.
- 84': Substitution, Verona. Mariusz Stepinski replaces Sofyan Amrabat.
- 84': Substitution, Verona. Federico Dimarco replaces Darko Lazovic.
- 85': Dries Mertens (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 85': Foul by Marash Kumbulla (Verona).
- 85': Federico Dimarco (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Foul by Hirving Lozano (Napoli).
- 87': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Kalidou Koulibaly.
- 87': Attempt missed. Eddie Salcedo (Verona) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross following a corner.
- 88': Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Foul by Miguel Veloso (Verona).
- 89': Foul by Federico Dimarco (Verona).
- 89': Hirving Lozano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 89': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Marco Silvestri.
- 90': Goal! Verona 0, Napoli 2. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Faouzi Ghoulam with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+1': Eddie Salcedo (Verona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+1': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli).
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a through ball following a fast break.
- 90'+3': Dries Mertens (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Foul by Marash Kumbulla (Verona).
- 90'+6': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Kalidou Koulibaly.
- 90'+6': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hirving Lozano.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Verona 0, Napoli 2.
- 0': Match ends, Verona 0, Napoli 2.
Statistics
 NAP |
VER |
|
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Fouls | 16 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 4 | Saves | 6 |
| 54.3 | Possession | 45.7 |
| 12 | SHOTS | 11 |
| 8 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.7 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 456 | Accurate Passes | 358 |
| 529 | Passes | 425 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 10 | Crosses | 28 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 48 | Long Balls | 38 |
| 26 | Accurate Long Balls | 17 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 0 |
| 9 | Effective Tackles | 6 |
| 15 | Tackles | 11 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 11 |
| 21 | Effective Clearances | 9 |
| 21 | Clearances | 9 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Location: Verona, Italy
Venue: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Location: Verona, Italy
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 34 | +49 | 79 |
| 2 | Napoli | 34 | +19 | 69 |
| 3 | AC Milan | 34 | +21 | 67 |
| 4 | Juventus | 34 | +28 | 64 |
Line-Ups
Hellas Verona (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Silvestri (GK) |
| 24 | Marash Kumbulla |
| 33 | Alan Empereur |
| 13 | Amir Rrahmani |
| 4 | Miguel Veloso |
| 34 | Sofyan Amrabat |
| 88 | Darko Lazovic |
| 5 | Davide Faraoni  |
| 14 | Valerio Verre |
| 20 | Mattia Zaccagni |
| 10 | Samuel Di Carmine |
Napoli (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 25 | David Ospina (GK) |
| 26 | Kalidou Koulibaly |
| 19 | Nikola Maksimovic |
| 23 | Elseid Hysaj |
| 22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
| 4 | Diego Demme |
| 20 | Piotr Zielinski |
| 5 | Allan |
| 99 | Arkadiusz Milik |
| 24 | Lorenzo Insigne |
| 21 | Matteo Politano |
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