Fiorentina vs Napoli, 2019-20 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A

Fiorentina

9': Erick Pulgar (P)
51': Nikola Milenkovic
65': Kevin-Prince Boateng

FT
3 - 4

Napoli

38': Dries Mertens
42': Lorenzo Insigne (P)
56': José Callejón
67': Lorenzo Insigne

Napoli win seven-goal thriller against Fiorentina

Napoli, last season's runners-up, hit back from conceding a contentious early penalty to win 4-3 at new-look Fiorentina.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
3': Foul by Fabián Ruiz (Napoli).
3': Milan Badelj (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Foul by Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli).
3': Riccardo Sottil (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4': Attempt blocked. Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Chiesa with a cross.
4': Foul by Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina).
4': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Attempt blocked. Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
5': Penalty conceded by Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
7': Delay in match (Fiorentina). VAR checking.
7': VAR Decision: Penalty Fiorentina.
8': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
9': Goal! Fiorentina 1, Napoli 0. Erick Pulgar (Fiorentina) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
10': Attempt saved. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
11': Attempt saved. Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Milan Badelj.
12': Foul by Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina).
12': José Callejón (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
13': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Germán Pezzella.
13': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
13': Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Foul by Mário Rui (Napoli).
13': Riccardo Sottil (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the right wing.
14': Foul by Milan Badelj (Fiorentina).
14': Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15': Foul by Kostas Manolas (Napoli).
15': Riccardo Sottil (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
16': Attempt missed. Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
18': Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Foul by Piotr Zielinski (Napoli).
19': Foul by Allan (Napoli).
19': Riccardo Sottil (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
19': Allan (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
19': José Callejón (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
20': Attempt missed. Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Erick Pulgar following a set piece situation.
21': Foul by Riccardo Sottil (Fiorentina).
21': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Foul by Allan (Napoli).
23': Riccardo Sottil (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24': Foul by Mário Rui (Napoli).
24': Riccardo Sottil (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24': Mário Rui (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
25': Foul by Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina).
25': Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Attempt blocked. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
29': Attempt missed. Milan Badelj (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Riccardo Sottil.
30': Offside, Fiorentina. Milan Badelj tries a through ball, but Federico Chiesa is caught offside.
30': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Germán Pezzella.
31': Attempt blocked. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross.
31': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Erick Pulgar.
31': Attempt missed. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross following a corner.
32': Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
32': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
33': Attempt missed. Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Erick Pulgar following a set piece situation.
35': Foul by Riccardo Sottil (Fiorentina).
35': Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38': Goal! Fiorentina 1, Napoli 1. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
40': Foul by Lorenzo Venuti (Fiorentina).
40': José Callejón (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
40': Penalty Napoli. Dries Mertens draws a foul in the penalty area.
40': Penalty conceded by Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina) after a foul in the penalty area.
42': Goal! Fiorentina 1, Napoli 2. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
45': Foul by Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina).
45': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+2': Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
45'+3': First Half ends, Fiorentina 1, Napoli 2.
45': Second Half begins Fiorentina 1, Napoli 2.
47': Dries Mertens (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
47': Foul by Erick Pulgar (Fiorentina).
50': Attempt blocked. Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gaetano Castrovilli.
50': Attempt blocked. Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Erick Pulgar.
51': Attempt blocked. Riccardo Sottil (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Chiesa.
51': Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Mário Rui.
51': Goal! Fiorentina 2, Napoli 2. Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Erick Pulgar with a cross following a corner.
54': Attempt missed. Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Federico Chiesa.
54': Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Piotr Zielinski.
55': Attempt saved. Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pol Lirola.
55': Attempt blocked. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mário Rui.
56': Goal! Fiorentina 2, Napoli 3. José Callejón (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
57': Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli).
58': Attempt missed. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
59': Attempt blocked. Riccardo Sottil (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Erick Pulgar.
59': Foul by Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina).
59': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
61': Foul by Lorenzo Venuti (Fiorentina).
61': José Callejón (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
61': Substitution, Fiorentina. Kevin-Prince Boateng replaces Dusan Vlahovic.
62': Attempt saved. Kevin-Prince Boateng (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Milan Badelj.
63': Attempt blocked. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
63': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Nikola Milenkovic.
63': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
63': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Bartlomiej Dragowski.
63': Attempt blocked. Kostas Manolas (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross.
64': Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Alex Meret.
64': Attempt blocked. Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Erick Pulgar.
65': Goal! Fiorentina 3, Napoli 3. Kevin-Prince Boateng (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gaetano Castrovilli.
66': Attempt blocked. Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gaetano Castrovilli.
67': Goal! Fiorentina 3, Napoli 4. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by José Callejón.
70': Attempt saved. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
71': Substitution, Napoli. Faouzi Ghoulam replaces Mário Rui.
72': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Allan.
72': Foul by Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina).
72': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
73': Substitution, Fiorentina. Marco Benassi replaces Milan Badelj.
76': Foul by Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina).
76': José Callejón (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
77': Delay in match because of an injury Dries Mertens (Napoli).
78': Substitution, Fiorentina. Franck Ribéry replaces Riccardo Sottil.
78': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
80': Attempt missed. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
81': Foul by Kevin-Prince Boateng (Fiorentina).
81': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83': Foul by Eljif Elmas (Napoli).
83': Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84': Substitution, Napoli. Elseid Hysaj replaces Dries Mertens.
85': Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Foul by Marco Benassi (Fiorentina).
86': Foul by Eljif Elmas (Napoli).
86': Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87': Foul by Fabián Ruiz (Napoli).
87': Franck Ribéry (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
88': Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Kalidou Koulibaly.
88': Attempt missed. Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
89': Hand ball by Lorenzo Venuti (Fiorentina).
89': Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Foul by Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina).
90'+1': Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Foul by Piotr Zielinski (Napoli).
90'+1': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+2': Foul by Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina).
90'+2': José Callejón (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+3': Foul by Kevin-Prince Boateng (Fiorentina).
90'+3': Kevin-Prince Boateng (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card.
90'+5': Foul by Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina).
90'+5': José Callejón (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5': Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+6': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Lorenzo Venuti.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Fiorentina 3, Napoli 4.
0': Match ends, Fiorentina 3, Napoli 4.

Statistics

NAP		FIO
16	Fouls	21
4	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	1
6	Corner Kicks	4
3	Saves	3
57.1	Possession	42.9
16	SHOTS	20
7	ON GOAL	6
0.4	On Target %	0.3
1	Penalty Goals	1
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
444	Accurate Passes	321
520	Passes	389
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	3
14	Crosses	15
0.3	Cross %	0.2
46	Long Balls	29
25	Accurate Long Balls	15
0.5	Long Balls %	0.5
6	Blocked Shots	8
6	Effective Tackles	9
12	Tackles	14
0.5	Tackle %	0.6
9	Interceptions	11
12	Effective Clearances	15
12	Clearances	15

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Artemio Franchi
Location: Firenze, Italy
Attendance: 33,614

Serie A Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Internazionale	37	+54	86
2	Napoli	37	+21	73
3	AC Milan	37	+19	70
4	AS Roma	37	+26	70

Full Table

Line-Ups

Fiorentina (4-3-3)

No.	Name
69	Bartlomiej Dragowski (GK)
20	Germán Pezzella
4	Nikola Milenkovic
23	Lorenzo Venuti
21	Pol Lirola
5	Milan Badelj
8	Gaetano Castrovilli
78	Erick Pulgar
28	Dusan Vlahovic
25	Federico Chiesa
11	Riccardo Sottil

Fiorentina Substitutes:

Sebastián Cristóforo, Marco Benassi, Aleksa Terzic, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Szymon Zurkowski, Federico Ceccherini, Cristiano Biraghi, Giovanni Simeone, Franck Ribéry, Luca Ranieri, Pietro Terracciano, Tòfol Montiel.

Napoli (4-4-1-1)

No.	Name
1	Alex Meret (GK)
26	Kalidou Koulibaly
44	Kostas Manolas
6	Mário Rui
22	Giovanni Di Lorenzo
5	Allan
20	Piotr Zielinski
24	Lorenzo Insigne
7	José Callejón
14	Dries Mertens
8	Fabián Ruiz

Napoli Substitutes:

Vlad Chiriches, Faouzi Ghoulam, Eljif Elmas, David Ospina, Orestis Karnezis, Simone Verdi, Gianluca Gaetano, Nikola Maksimovic, Sebastiano Luperto, Amin Younes, Elseid Hysaj, Kévin Malcuit.

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