Napoli vs Spezia, 2020-21 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie A
77': Adrian IsmajliTen-man Spezia stun Napoli with comeback victory
Spezia came from behind to earn a shock smash-and-grab 2-1 win at Napoli in Serie A on Wednesday despite being reduced to 10 men.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Hirving Lozano.
- 2': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Giulio Maggiore.
- 4': Attempt blocked. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
- 4': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Giulio Maggiore.
- 6': Attempt saved. Tiemoué Bakayoko (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 6': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Ivan Provedel.
- 11': Attempt missed. M'Bala Nzola (Spezia) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Diego Farias.
- 11': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hirving Lozano.
- 12': Attempt blocked. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a cross.
- 12': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 12': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Ardian Ismajli.
- 12': Attempt blocked. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
- 13': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mário Rui.
- 13': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 13': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Ardian Ismajli.
- 14': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hirving Lozano.
- 16': Hand ball by M'Bala Nzola (Spezia).
- 16': Attempt blocked. Alessandro Deiola (Spezia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin Agudelo.
- 21': Attempt missed. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 22': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 22': Giulio Maggiore (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Offside, Napoli. Lorenzo Insigne tries a through ball, but Mário Rui is caught offside.
- 25': Foul by Diego Farias (Spezia).
- 25': Kostas Manolas (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Offside, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski tries a through ball, but Hirving Lozano is caught offside.
- 27': Foul by Alessandro Deiola (Spezia).
- 27': Tiemoué Bakayoko (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mário Rui.
- 30': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 30': Giulio Maggiore (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Foul by Riccardo Marchizza (Spezia).
- 30': Matteo Politano (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 31': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Claudio Terzi.
- 32': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by M'Bala Nzola.
- 35': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 35': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Mário Rui.
- 36': Attempt missed. Lucien Agoume (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
- 37': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a through ball.
- 37': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Ivan Provedel.
- 38': Foul by Kevin Agudelo (Spezia).
- 38': Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Foul by Kostas Manolas (Napoli).
- 39': M'Bala Nzola (Spezia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 40': Offside, Spezia. Lucien Agoume tries a through ball, but M'Bala Nzola is caught offside.
- 42': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Mário Rui.
- 43': Foul by Lucien Agoume (Spezia).
- 43': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Mário Rui with a cross.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Giulio Maggiore (Spezia) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Napoli 0, Spezia 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Napoli 0, Spezia 0.
- 45': Substitution, Spezia. Emmanuel Gyasi replaces Kevin Agudelo.
- 45': Substitution, Spezia. Tommaso Pobega replaces Alessandro Deiola.
- 47': Foul by Tommaso Pobega (Spezia).
- 47': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Attempt missed. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left.
- 51': Foul by M'Bala Nzola (Spezia).
- 51': Nikola Maksimovic (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 52': Attempt saved. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
- 53': Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Matteo Politano.
- 53': Attempt saved. Andrea Petagna (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 53': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 53': Foul by Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia).
- 53': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 57': Attempt saved. Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by M'Bala Nzola.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
- 58': Goal! Napoli 1, Spezia 0. Andrea Petagna (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo with a cross.
- 59': Attempt missed. Giulio Maggiore (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Tommaso Pobega.
- 61': Foul by Ardian Ismajli (Spezia).
- 61': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 61': Ardian Ismajli (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 62': Offside, Napoli. Mário Rui tries a through ball, but Lorenzo Insigne is caught offside.
- 63': Hand ball by Ardian Ismajli (Spezia).
- 65': Foul by Tommaso Pobega (Spezia).
- 65': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Tommaso Pobega (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 66': Penalty Spezia. Tommaso Pobega draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 66': Penalty conceded by Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 68': Goal! Napoli 1, Spezia 1. M'Bala Nzola (Spezia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 69': Foul by Hirving Lozano (Napoli).
- 69': Riccardo Marchizza (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Offside, Spezia. Emmanuel Gyasi tries a through ball, but Luca Vignali is caught offside.
- 72': Foul by Giulio Maggiore (Spezia).
- 72': Tiemoué Bakayoko (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Giulio Maggiore (Spezia) is shown the yellow card.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrea Petagna with a headed pass.
- 75': Offside, Napoli. Lorenzo Insigne tries a through ball, but Andrea Petagna is caught offside.
- 76': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Tiemoué Bakayoko.
- 76': Substitution, Napoli. Stanislav Lobotka replaces Piotr Zielinski.
- 77': Andrea Petagna (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 77': Foul by Ardian Ismajli (Spezia).
- 77': Second yellow card to Ardian Ismajli (Spezia) for a bad foul.
- 79': Attempt saved. Andrea Petagna (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 79': Substitution, Spezia. Martin Erlic replaces Diego Farias.
- 81': Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Foul by Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli).
- 81': M'Bala Nzola (Spezia) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Emmanuel Gyasi.
- 81': Goal! Napoli 1, Spezia 2. Tommaso Pobega (Spezia) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
- 82': Substitution, Napoli. Fernando Llorente replaces Fabián Ruiz.
- 84': Foul by Fernando Llorente (Napoli).
- 84': Ivan Provedel (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Martin Erlic.
- 86': Attempt missed. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 87': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 87': Riccardo Marchizza (Spezia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 87': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 88': Foul by Claudio Terzi (Spezia).
- 88': Hirving Lozano (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 88': Claudio Terzi (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 89': Attempt missed. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Andrea Petagna.
- 90': Substitution, Spezia. Riccardo Saponara replaces Giulio Maggiore.
- 90': Substitution, Spezia. Juan Ramos replaces Riccardo Marchizza.
- 90'+1': Foul by M'Bala Nzola (Spezia).
- 90'+1': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Luca Vignali.
- 90'+1': Attempt missed. Fernando Llorente (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mário Rui with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Mário Rui (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrea Petagna.
- 90'+3': Foul by Kostas Manolas (Napoli).
- 90'+3': M'Bala Nzola (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Kostas Manolas (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrea Petagna.
- 90'+6': Attempt missed. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mário Rui with a cross.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Napoli 1, Spezia 2.
- 0': Match ends, Napoli 1, Spezia 2.
Statistics
 SPE |
NAP |
|
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Fouls | 9 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 1 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 4 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
| 8 | Saves | 1 |
| 37.8 | Possession | 62.2 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 29 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 10 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 288 | Accurate Passes | 510 |
| 365 | Passes | 593 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 8 |
| 8 | Crosses | 28 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 73 | Long Balls | 55 |
| 37 | Accurate Long Balls | 34 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 11 |
| 7 | Effective Tackles | 5 |
| 16 | Tackles | 8 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 8 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 27 | Effective Clearances | 5 |
| 27 | Clearances | 5 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 31 | +45 | 72 |
| 2 | AC Milan | 30 | +24 | 63 |
| 3 | Napoli | 30 | +16 | 62 |
| 4 | Como | 31 | +31 | 58 |
Line-Ups
Napoli (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 25 | David Ospina (GK) |
| 19 | Nikola Maksimovic |
| 44 | Kostas Manolas  |
| 6 | Mário Rui |
| 22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
| 20 | Piotr Zielinski |
| 5 | Tiemoué Bakayoko |
| 8 | Fabián Ruiz |
| 11 | Hirving Lozano |
| 24 | Lorenzo Insigne |
| 21 | Matteo Politano |
Spezia (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 94 | Ivan Provedel (GK) |
| 19 | Claudio Terzi |
| 34 | Adrian Ismajli |
| 5 | Riccardo Marchizza |
| 69 | Luca Vignali |
| 10 | Lucien Agoumé |
| 25 | Giulio Maggiore |
| 27 | Alessandro Deiola |
| 18 | M'Bala Nzola |
| 17 | Diego Farias |
| 80 | Kevin Agudelo |
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