Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, August 18, 2024
Napoli DLDDW 0
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Hellas Verona WLWDL 3
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Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi · 20,027 att.

Match Report

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Napoli stunned by Hellas Verona in Serie A opening game

Napoli's Serie A season kicked off in disastrous fashion on Sunday when they were overwhelmed 3-0 at Hellas Verona and lost star midfielder Khvicha Kvaratskhelia after he collided with an opposing player.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
4
66.7
Possession
33.3
14
SHOTS
9
4
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
460
Accurate Passes
185
546
Passes
275
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
3
17
Crosses
9
0.4
Cross %
0.3
30
Long Balls
64
12
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
0
6
Effective Tackles
10
8
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
10
7
Effective Clearances
23
7
Clearances
23

Head to Head

NAP leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

VER · 3-4-3

  1. 1Lorenzo MontipòG
  2. 42Diego CoppolaCD
  3. 3Martin FreseCD-L
  4. 27Pawel DawidowiczCD-R
  5. 25Suat SerdarCM-L
  6. 33Ondrej DudaCM-R
  7. 8Darko LazovicLM
  8. 38Jackson TchatchouaRM
  9. 11Casper TengstedtF
  10. 14Dailon LivramentoCF-L
  11. 20Grigoris KastanosCF-R

NAP · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 13Amir RrahmaniCD
  3. 5Juan JesusCD-L
  4. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoCD-R
  5. 68Stanislav LobotkaCM-L
  6. 99Frank AnguissaCM-R
  7. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaLM
  8. 30Pasquale MazzocchiRM
  9. 18Giovanni SimeoneF
  10. 77Khvicha KvaratskheliaCF-L
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 20' Diego Coppola (Verona) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 21' Substitution, Verona. Reda Belahyane replaces Suat Serdar because of an injury.
  3. 30' Jackson Tchatchoua (Verona) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45'+4' Substitution, Napoli. Giacomo Raspadori replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia because of an injury.
  5. 50' Goal! Verona 1, Napoli 0. Dailon Livramento (Verona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Darko Lazovic with a cross following a fast break.
  6. 51' Substitution, Napoli. Mathías Olivera replaces Leonardo Spinazzola.
  7. 58' Substitution, Verona. Tomás Suslov replaces Grigoris Kastanos.
  8. 58' Substitution, Verona. Giangiacomo Magnani replaces Martin Frese.
  9. 73' Substitution, Verona. Daniel Mosquera replaces Casper Tengstedt.
  10. 74' Substitution, Verona. Abdou Harroui replaces Dailon Livramento.
  11. 75' Goal! Verona 2, Napoli 0. Daniel Mosquera (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ondrej Duda with a through ball.
  12. 77' Ondrej Duda (Verona) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 79' Substitution, Napoli. Walid Cheddira replaces Giovanni Simeone.
  14. 79' Substitution, Napoli. Cyril Ngonge replaces Juan Jesus.
  15. 89' Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+1' Reda Belahyane (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+4' Goal! Verona 3, Napoli 0. Daniel Mosquera (Verona) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Darko Lazovic.

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