Torino vs Napoli, 2025-26 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie ANapoli lose at Torino after VAR rules out late goal
Noa Lang's stoppage time equalizer was ruled out for offside and Napoli lost at Torino 1-0 in Serie A on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': David Neres (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 2': Foul by Giovanni Simeone (Torino).
- 4': Foul by Giovanni Simeone (Torino).
- 4': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Cesare Casadei (Torino) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 10': Foul by Juan Jesus (Napoli).
- 10': Juan Jesus (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 11': Attempt missed. Saúl Coco (Torino) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Guillermo Maripán following a set piece situation.
- 12': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Niels Nkounkou.
- 15': Nikola Vlasic (Torino) hits the right post with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Giovanni Simeone.
- 16': Foul by Adrien Tamèze (Torino).
- 16': Lorenzo Lucca (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 17': Attempt saved. Kevin De Bruyne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Franco Israel (Torino).
- 17': Foul by Cesare Casadei (Torino).
- 17': Frank Anguissa (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Ché Adams (Torino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 20': Attempt missed. Giovanni Simeone (Torino) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
- 20': Offside, Napoli. Leonardo Spinazzola is caught offside.
- 23': Attempt blocked. Kevin De Bruyne (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 23': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Saúl Coco.
- 26': Attempt missed. Mathías Olivera (Napoli) left footed shot from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Lucca (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Neres with a cross.
- 27': Attempt missed. Kristjan Asllani (Torino) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
- 29': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Niels Nkounkou.
- 30': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Lucca (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Franco Israel (Torino). Assisted by David Neres with a cross.
- 30': Attempt missed. Frank Anguissa (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 32': Goal! Torino 1, Napoli 0. Giovanni Simeone (Torino) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
- 34': Offside, Torino. Ché Adams is caught offside.
- 35': Attempt missed. Marcus Pedersen (Torino) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Giovanni Simeone following a fast break.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Ché Adams (Torino) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giovanni Simeone.
- 37': Corner, Torino. Conceded by Sam Beukema.
- 37': Offside, Torino. Guillermo Maripán is caught offside.
- 39': Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Napoli).
- 39': Kristjan Asllani (Torino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Attempt missed. Sam Beukema (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Frank Anguissa.
- 41': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Lucca (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Billy Gilmour with a through ball.
- 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Foul by Cesare Casadei (Torino).
- 45'+1': Lorenzo Lucca (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+2': Attempt missed. David Neres (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Torino 1, Napoli 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Torino 1, Napoli 0.
- 46': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Saúl Coco.
- 47': Attempt missed. Frank Anguissa (Napoli) header from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross following a corner.
- 47': Franco Israel (Torino) is shown the yellow card.
- 49': Attempt blocked. Ché Adams (Torino) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nikola Vlasic.
- 49': Corner, Torino. Conceded by Juan Jesus.
- 50': Attempt missed. Cesare Casadei (Torino) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high following a corner.
- 51': Foul by Lorenzo Lucca (Napoli).
- 51': Kristjan Asllani (Torino) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 52': Attempt saved. Leonardo Spinazzola (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Franco Israel (Torino). Assisted by David Neres.
- 53': Attempt missed. Leonardo Spinazzola (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mathías Olivera.
- 56': Foul by Nikola Vlasic (Torino).
- 56': Frank Anguissa (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 57': Adrien Tamèze (Torino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Napoli).
- 59': Attempt missed. Giovanni Simeone (Torino) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kristjan Asllani.
- 60': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Saúl Coco.
- 61': Attempt saved. Frank Anguissa (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Franco Israel (Torino). Assisted by Leonardo Spinazzola with a cross.
- 61': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Franco Israel.
- 61': Foul by Leonardo Spinazzola (Napoli).
- 61': Nikola Vlasic (Torino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Substitution, Torino. Cyril Ngonge replaces Giovanni Simeone because of an injury.
- 63': Substitution, Napoli. Noa Lang replaces Mathías Olivera.
- 63': Substitution, Napoli. Alessandro Buongiorno replaces Juan Jesus.
- 66': Attempt missed. David Neres (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Billy Gilmour.
- 67': Foul by Guillermo Maripán (Torino).
- 67': Lorenzo Lucca (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 68': Attempt missed. Kevin De Bruyne (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Noa Lang.
- 71': Delay in match because of an injury Adrien Tamèze (Torino).
- 71': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 72': Attempt saved. Ché Adams (Torino) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (Napoli). Assisted by Kristjan Asllani.
- 73': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Guillermo Maripán.
- 74': Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces David Neres.
- 74': Substitution, Napoli. Giuseppe Ambrosino replaces Lorenzo Lucca.
- 75': Substitution, Torino. Cristiano Biraghi replaces Niels Nkounkou.
- 75': Substitution, Torino. Gvidas Gineitis replaces Nikola Vlasic.
- 75': Attempt missed. Frank Anguissa (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Leonardo Spinazzola with a cross.
- 77': Attempt blocked. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 77': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Cesare Casadei.
- 78': Attempt blocked. Kevin De Bruyne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leonardo Spinazzola.
- 78': Foul by Sam Beukema (Napoli).
- 78': Kristjan Asllani (Torino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Marcus Pedersen.
- 80': Attempt missed. Sam Beukema (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Noa Lang with a cross following a corner.
- 80': Foul by Gvidas Gineitis (Torino).
- 80': Matteo Politano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Saúl Coco.
- 81': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Ché Adams.
- 82': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Billy Gilmour.
- 84': Substitution, Torino. Ardian Ismajli replaces Kristjan Asllani.
- 84': Substitution, Torino. Duván Zapata replaces Ché Adams.
- 88': Attempt missed. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Leonardo Spinazzola with a cross.
- 89': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 89': Gvidas Gineitis (Torino) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90': Attempt missed. Duván Zapata (Torino) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Cristiano Biraghi with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Foul by Ardian Ismajli (Torino).
- 90'+1': Giuseppe Ambrosino (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Adrien Tamèze (Torino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Giuseppe Ambrosino (Napoli).
- 90'+2': Attempt saved. Leonardo Spinazzola (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Franco Israel (Torino). Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
- 90'+3': Matteo Politano (Napoli) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Sam Beukema.
- 90'+3': Offside, Napoli. Noa Lang is caught offside.
- 90'+3': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Noa Lang (Napoli) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 90'+4': Noa Lang (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
- 90'+5': VAR Decision: No Goal Torino 1-0 Napoli.
- 90'+6': Corner, Torino. Conceded by Alessandro Buongiorno.
- 90'+8': Second Half ends, Torino 1, Napoli 0.
- 0': Match ends, Torino 1, Napoli 0.
Statistics
NAP |
TOR![]() |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 9 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 11 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 1 | Saves | 5 |
| 68.7 | Possession | 31.3 |
| 22 | SHOTS | 12 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 2 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 545 | Accurate Passes | 214 |
| 615 | Passes | 281 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 9 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 34 | Crosses | 13 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 40 | Long Balls | 65 |
| 25 | Accurate Long Balls | 26 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 6 | Effective Tackles | 6 |
| 9 | Tackles | 13 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 7 | Interceptions | 11 |
| 21 | Effective Clearances | 48 |
| 21 | Clearances | 48 |
Game Information
Venue: Olimpico Grande Torino
Location: Torino, Italy
Attendance: 26,802
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AC Milan | 13 | +10 | 28 |
| 2 | Napoli | 13 | +9 | 28 |
| 3 | Internazionale | 13 | +15 | 27 |
| 4 | AS Roma | 13 | +8 | 27 |
Line-Ups
Torino (5-3-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 81 | Franco Israel (GK) |
| 13 | Guillermo Maripán |
| 23 | Saúl Coco |
| 61 | Adrien Tamèze |
| 25 | Niels Nkounkou |
| 16 | Marcus Pedersen |
| 32 | Kristjan Asllani |
| 10 | Nikola Vlasic |
| 22 | Cesare Casadei |
| 19 | Ché Adams |
| 18 | Giovanni Simeone |
Napoli (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 32 | Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (GK) |
| 5 | Juan Jesus |
| 31 | Sam Beukema |
| 6 | Billy Gilmour |
| 17 | Mathías Olivera |
| 22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
| 11 | Kevin De Bruyne |
| 99 | Frank Anguissa |
| 37 | Leonardo Spinazzola |
| 7 | David Neres |
| 27 | Lorenzo Lucca |
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