SSC Napoli fought back in the Champions League on Wednesday and drew 1-1 with FC Barcelona at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. The Azzurri played after the second coach change of the season. On Sunday, Francesco Calzona made his debut in Serie A. Piotr Zieliński, who cannot play in the European Cup, was in the starting eleven for the away match against Cagliari Calcio.
At the beginning of the match, the temperature in the stands rose due to Yerry Mina’s clash with Victor Osimhen. The crowd demanded that the Napoli striker be shown a red card. However, it ended with a warning from the referee for Victor Osimhen, who was waving his arms too vigorously, and also for Yerry Mina, who was protesting theatrically.
There were no 100% scoring opportunities. If there was one team that deserved a positive review, it was brave Cagliari. The newcomer tested Napoli’s defenders several times with crosses and through passes. Claudio Raniere’s players spent a lot of time in the Italian champion’s half.
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In the 33rd minute, the ball was in Napoli’s goal, but after a few tense minutes, the goal was disallowed. The visitors took a breather, especially Amir Rrahmani, who surprised Alex Meret with a suicide attempt. There was no goal due to Gianluca Lapadula being offside, which kept the Azzurri goalkeeper busy.
There was one more chance for a Cagliari goal before the break. Zito Luvumbo did not realize how good an opportunity he had to take the lead and did not take advantage of Alex Meret’s uncertain behavior in front. Instead of hitting the open goal, he missed.
Napoli did not wake up at the beginning of the second half. The Campania team had trouble dominating the match. That’s why her goal to make it 1-0 in the 66th minute was a surprise. It all resulted from the trivial loss of Tommaso Augello to Giacomo Raspadory. The Italian took the ball on the side of the pitch and passed a cross to the unattended Victor Osimhen. Napoli’s most effective player had to head into the net from close range.
In the 79th minute, Piotr Zieliński’s colorless performance ended. The Pole does not resemble himself from his best period at Napoli and contributed little to the club, with which he will leave at the end of the season. Victor Osimhen also did not play due to an injury at the end.
Napoli lost the lead in added time. The goal to make it 1-1 was scored after a long pass into the penalty area, which was converted by Zito Luvumbo. The hosts could celebrate snatching a point from the Italian champions.
Cagliari Calcio – SSC Napoli 1:1 (0:0)
0:1 – Victor Osimhen 66′ 1:1 – Zito Luvumbo 90′
Squads:
Cagliari: Simone Scuffet – Nahitan Nandez, Yerry Mina, Alberto Dossena, Tommaso Augello (76′ Gaetano Oristanio) – Jakub Jankto (61′ Gabriele Zappa), Antoine Makoumbou, Alessandro Deiola, Zito Luvumbo – Gianluca Gaetano (62′ Nicolas Viola), Gianluca Lapadula (61′ Leonardo Pavoletti)
Napoli: Alex Meret – Pasquale Mazzocchi (85′ Leo Ostigard), Amir Rrahmani – Juan Jesus, Mathias Olivera – Franck-Andre Zambo Anguissa, Stanislav Lobotka – Piotr Zieliński (79′ Jens-Lys Cajuste) – Giacomo Raspadori (79′ Jesper Lindstroem) Victor Osimhen (85′) Giovanni Simeone scored the first goal of the season
Yellow cards: Lapadula, Luvumbo, Nandez, Deiola (Cagliari) and Olivera (Naples)
Judge: Luca Pairetto
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