Sampdoria vs Napoli, 2019-20 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie ASampdoria fightback in vain as Napoli snatch late goals amid VAR controversy
Napoli snatched two late goals to beat Sampdoria 4-2 away on Monday in a Serie A match which featured two controversial VAR decisions.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Goal! Sampdoria 0, Napoli 1. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a cross.
- 4': Foul by Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria).
- 4': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Foul by Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria).
- 10': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 10': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
- 11': Foul by Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria).
- 11': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Attempt saved. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.
- 13': Attempt saved. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Manolo Gabbiadini.
- 15': Attempt blocked. José Callejón (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
- 15': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Omar Colley.
- 16': Goal! Sampdoria 0, Napoli 2. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo with a headed pass following a corner.
- 17': Attempt blocked. Karol Linetty (Sampdoria) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 17': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 18': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Elseid Hysaj.
- 18': Attempt blocked. Omar Colley (Sampdoria) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gastón Ramírez with a cross.
- 22': Foul by Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli).
- 22': Lorenzo Tonelli (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Tommaso Augello.
- 25': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 25': Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Foul by Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli).
- 26': Goal! Sampdoria 1, Napoli 2. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Albin Ekdal.
- 27': Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Foul by Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria).
- 30': Foul by Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria).
- 30': Kostas Manolas (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Foul by Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria).
- 30': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked.
- 31': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Lorenzo Tonelli.
- 33': Attempt saved. Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabio Quagliarella.
- 36': Attempt blocked. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by José Callejón.
- 37': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Tommaso Augello.
- 37': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Albin Ekdal.
- 38': Attempt missed. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mário Rui with a cross following a corner.
- 39': Foul by Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria).
- 39': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 40': Attempt blocked. Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jakub Jankto.
- 40': Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box. Assisted by Manolo Gabbiadini.
- 41': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Elseid Hysaj.
- 43': Eljif Elmas (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
- 43': Jakub Jankto (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card.
- 44': Attempt saved. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Sampdoria 1, Napoli 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Sampdoria 1, Napoli 2.
- 46': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Arkadiusz Milik.
- 47': Eljif Elmas (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 47': Foul by Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria).
- 47': Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 49': Attempt missed. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Manolo Gabbiadini.
- 52': Attempt missed. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tommaso Augello with a cross.
- 55': Hand ball by Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria).
- 55': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 57': VAR Decision: No Goal Sampdoria 1-2 Napoli.
- 58': Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card.
- 59': Attempt missed. Karol Linetty (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Albin Ekdal.
- 60': Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) hits the left post with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Elseid Hysaj.
- 60': Offside, Napoli. Lorenzo Insigne tries a through ball, but Piotr Zielinski is caught offside.
- 61': Substitution, Napoli. Diego Demme replaces Stanislav Lobotka.
- 65': Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 65': Foul by Lorenzo Tonelli (Sampdoria).
- 66': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 68': Substitution, Sampdoria. Gonzalo Maroni replaces Gastón Ramírez.
- 68': Attempt blocked. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jakub Jankto with a cross.
- 69': Penalty Sampdoria. Fabio Quagliarella draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 69': Penalty conceded by Kostas Manolas (Napoli) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 70': VAR Decision: Penalty Sampdoria.
- 72': Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces José Callejón.
- 73': Goal! Sampdoria 2, Napoli 2. Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 75': Substitution, Sampdoria. Federico Bonazzoli replaces Fabio Quagliarella because of an injury.
- 76': Foul by Morten Thorsby (Sampdoria).
- 76': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 77': Offside, Napoli. Eljif Elmas tries a through ball, but Arkadiusz Milik is caught offside.
- 79': Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Eljif Elmas.
- 79': Substitution, Sampdoria. Ronaldo Vieira replaces Jakub Jankto because of an injury.
- 81': Foul by Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria).
- 81': Kostas Manolas (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 83': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mário Rui.
- 83': Goal! Sampdoria 2, Napoli 3. Diego Demme (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
- 84': Offside, Sampdoria. Omar Colley tries a through ball, but Manolo Gabbiadini is caught offside.
- 87': Foul by Karol Linetty (Sampdoria).
- 87': Kostas Manolas (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Karol Linetty (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90': Dries Mertens (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90': Foul by Omar Colley (Sampdoria).
- 90': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Tommaso Augello.
- 90'+3': Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+3': Foul by Diego Demme (Napoli).
- 90'+3': Diego Demme (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+4': Attempt saved. Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 90'+5': Matteo Politano (Napoli) has gone down, but the referee deems it simulation.
- 90'+5': Matteo Politano (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+6': Diego Demme (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+6': Foul by Morten Thorsby (Sampdoria).
- 90'+6': Foul by Elseid Hysaj (Napoli).
- 90'+6': Karol Linetty (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+6': Dangerous play by Federico Bonazzoli (Sampdoria).
- 90'+6': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+7': Foul by Federico Bonazzoli (Sampdoria).
- 90'+7': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+8': Goal! Sampdoria 2, Napoli 4. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
- 90'+9': Second Half ends, Sampdoria 2, Napoli 4.
- 0': Match ends, Sampdoria 2, Napoli 4.
Statistics
 NAP |
SAM |
|
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Fouls | 17 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 6 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 3 | Saves | 3 |
| 63.9 | Possession | 36.1 |
| 15 | SHOTS | 13 |
| 7 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 518 | Accurate Passes | 251 |
| 605 | Passes | 332 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 17 | Crosses | 14 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 54 | Long Balls | 36 |
| 32 | Accurate Long Balls | 10 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 6 | Effective Tackles | 15 |
| 10 | Tackles | 28 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 6 | Interceptions | 14 |
| 15 | Effective Clearances | 13 |
| 15 | Clearances | 13 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Luigi Ferraris
Location: Genova, Italy
Attendance: 20,017
Venue: Luigi Ferraris
Location: Genova, Italy
Attendance: 20,017
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 35 | +51 | 82 |
| 2 | Napoli | 35 | +19 | 70 |
| 3 | AC Milan | 35 | +19 | 67 |
| 4 | Juventus | 35 | +28 | 65 |
Line-Ups
Sampdoria (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Emil Audero (GK) |
| 15 | Omar Colley |
| 21 | Lorenzo Tonelli |
| 3 | Tommaso Augello |
| 18 | Morten Thorsby |
| 7 | Karol Linetty  |
| 6 | Albin Ekdal |
| 14 | Jakub Jankto |
| 11 | Gastón Ramírez |
| 27 | Fabio Quagliarella |
| 23 | Manolo Gabbiadini |
Napoli (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Meret (GK) |
| 22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
| 44 | Kostas Manolas |
| 6 | Mário Rui |
| 23 | Elseid Hysaj |
| 68 | Stanislav Lobotka |
| 20 | Piotr Zielinski |
| 12 | Eljif Elmas |
| 99 | Arkadiusz Milik |
| 24 | Lorenzo Insigne |
| 7 | José Callejón |
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