Italian Serie A

FT Monday, February 3, 2020
Napoli LWLWW 4
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Sampdoria LDWLD 2
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SAM112
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Match Report

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Sampdoria 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.

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Team Stats

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

Head to Head

NAP leads series 4-1

Lineups

SAM · 4-4-2

  1. 1Emil AuderoG
  2. 15Omar ColleyCD-L
  3. 21Lorenzo TonelliCD-R
  4. 3Tommaso AugelloLB
  5. 18Morten ThorsbyRB
  6. 7Karol LinettyCM-L
  7. 6Albin EkdalCM-R
  8. 14Jakub JanktoLM
  9. 11Gastón RamírezRM
  10. 27Fabio QuagliarellaCF-L
  11. 23Manolo GabbiadiniCF-R

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 23Elseid HysajRB
  6. 68Stanislav LobotkaCM
  7. 20Piotr ZielinskiLM
  8. 12Eljif ElmasRM
  9. 99Arkadiusz MilikF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

Timeline

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 43' Jakub Jankto (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 43' Eljif Elmas (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 47' Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 57' VAR Decision: No Goal Sampdoria 1-2 Napoli.
  8. 58' Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 61' Substitution, Napoli. Diego Demme replaces Stanislav Lobotka.
  10. 68' Substitution, Sampdoria. Gonzalo Maroni replaces Gastón Ramírez.
  11. 70' VAR Decision: Penalty Sampdoria.
  12. 72' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces José Callejón.
  13. 73' Goal! Sampdoria 2, Napoli 2. Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  14. 75' Substitution, Sampdoria. Federico Bonazzoli replaces Fabio Quagliarella because of an injury.
  15. 79' Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Eljif Elmas.
  16. 79' Substitution, Sampdoria. Ronaldo Vieira replaces Jakub Jankto because of an injury.
  17. 83' Goal! Sampdoria 2, Napoli 3. Diego Demme (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  18. 87' Karol Linetty (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 90'+3' Diego Demme (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 90'+5' Matteo Politano (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  21. 90'+8' Goal! Sampdoria 2, Napoli 4. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.

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