UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, November 26, 2020
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Napoli WLWWL 2
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Diego Armando Maradona

Match Report

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Napoli pay tribute to Diego Maradona in Europa League win over Rijeka

Napoli overcame Croatian side Rijeka 2-0 on Thursday in their first match since the death of Diego Maradona.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
4
8
Saves
3
34
Possession
66
12
SHOTS
23
3
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
317
Accurate Passes
717
393
Passes
783
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
7
16
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.4
55
Long Balls
25
33
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
2
4
Effective Tackles
9
17
Tackles
21
0.2
Tackle %
0.4
12
Interceptions
9
14
Effective Clearances
10
14
Clearances
10

Head to Head

NAP leads series 1-0

Lineups

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 19Nikola MaksimovicCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 20Piotr ZielinskiAM
  7. 4Diego DemmeLM
  8. 5Tiemoué BakayokoRM
  9. 37Andrea PetagnaF
  10. 7Eljif ElmasAM-L
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoAM-R

RIJE · 5-4-1

  1. 33Ivan NevisticG
  2. 4Nino GalovicCD
  3. 36Hrvoje SmolcicCD-L
  4. 14Darko VelkoskiCD-R
  5. 23Armando AnastasioLB
  6. 27Ivan TomecakRB
  7. 44Stjepan LoncarCM-L
  8. 16Adam Gnezda CerinCM-R
  9. 24Daniel ŠtefuljLM
  10. 7Robert MuricRM
  11. 19Franko AndrijasevicF

Timeline

  1. 41' Own Goal by Armando Anastasio, HNK Rijeka. Napoli 1, HNK Rijeka 0.
  2. 64' Substitution, Napoli. Lorenzo Insigne replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  3. 64' Substitution, Napoli. Hirving Lozano replaces Matteo Politano.
  4. 69' Substitution, Napoli. Stanislav Lobotka replaces Diego Demme.
  5. 69' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Eljif Elmas.
  6. 74' Armando Anastasio (HNK Rijeka) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 75' Goal! Napoli 2, HNK Rijeka 0. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a through ball.
  8. 78' Substitution, HNK Rijeka. Sterling Siloe Yateke replaces Robert Muric.
  9. 80' Substitution, HNK Rijeka. Filip Braut replaces Armando Anastasio.
  10. 81' Substitution, Napoli. Fabián Ruiz replaces Andrea Petagna.
  11. 87' Substitution, HNK Rijeka. Matija Frigan replaces Franko Andrijasevic.
  12. 87' Substitution, HNK Rijeka. Veldin Hodza replaces Adam Gnezda Cerin.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.