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KOSTAS BRATSOS 04.02.2024 | 18:17
Kvitsa Kvaratshelia wearing the Napoli jersey in the derby against Inter | January 4, 2023 @2023 LUCA BRUNO/AP IMAGES
Napoli needed it against Verona, but came away with a 2-1 victory with an upset at the end and returned to the battle of the top four.
Napoli were up and down at the end, but took the three points from a 2-1 win over Verona on Matchday 23 of Serie A and returned to the battle for the top four.
The absences cost the “partenopei”, who were quite sluggish and failed to dominate. Marco Baroni’s side kept a clean sheet until the 2nd half when the game picked up pace and everything became possible.
Even for the visitors to take the lead, which they did with Diego Coppola in the 72nd minute, causing concern in “Diego Armando Maradona”, as Napoli headed for a third straight game without a win in all competitions.
Walter Macari had made a checkmate move in the 62nd minute, throwing into the match the star of Verona until a few weeks ago, Cyril Ngong. The Belgian equalized in the 79th minute with his first goal in the “Partenopei” and eight minutes later Hvitsa Kvaratshelia completed the turnaround.
The results of the 23rd matchday
- Lecce – Fiorentina 3-2 (17′ Udine, 90′ Piccoli, 90+2′ Dorgu / 50′ Madragora, 67′ Beltran)
- Empoli – Genoa 0-0
- Udinese – Monza 0-0
- Frosinone – Milan 2-3 (24′ pen. Soule, 65′ Macitelli / 17′ Giroud, 72′ Gambia, 81′ Jovic)
- Bologna – Sassuolo 4-2 (24′ Zirkze, 73′ Fabian, 83′ Ferguson, 86′ Salemakers / 13′ Thorstvedt, 34′ Volpato)
- Torino – Salernitana 0-0
- Napoli – Verona 2-1 (79′ Engong, 87′ Quarachellia / 72′ Coppola)
- 04/02 19:00 Atalanta – Lazio
- 04/02 21:45 Inter – Juventus
- 05/02 21:45 Roma – Cagliari
The highlights
Frosinone – Milan 2-3
Lecce – Fiorentina 3-2
Empoli – Genoa 0-0
Udinese – Monza 0-0
Bologna – Sassuolo 4-2
The program of the 24th matchday
- 09/02 21:45 Salernitana-Eboli
- 10/02 16:00 Cagliari – Lazio
- 10/02 19:00 Roma – Inter
- 10/02 21:45 Sassuolo – Torino
- 11/02 13:30 Fiorentina – Frosinone
- 11/02 16:00 Monza – Verona
- 11/02 16:00 Bologna – Lecce
- 11/02 19:00 Genoa – Atalanta
- 11/02 21:45 Milan – Napoli
- 12/02 21:45 Juventus – Udinese
Relevant Articles
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