Italian Serie A

Hellas Verona vs Napoli, 2023-24 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
Hellas Verona
  • 60': Darko Lazovic
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1 - 3
Napoli
  • 27': Matteo Politano
  • 43': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
  • 55': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

Napoli beat Verona 3-1 to ease pressure on coach Rudi Garcia

Kvaratskhelia appears back to his stunning best as he scored two goals to help Napoli beat Hellas Verona 3-1 in Serie A on Saturday

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Piotr Zielinski.
  • 2': Attempt saved. Pawel Dawidowicz (Verona) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cyril Ngonge with a cross.
  • 2': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Alex Meret.
  • 2': Attempt saved. Giangiacomo Magnani (Verona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Cyril Ngonge with a cross.
  • 2': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Alex Meret.
  • 3': Foul by Michael Folorunsho (Verona).
  • 3': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Foul by Marco Faraoni (Verona).
  • 5': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 7': Attempt saved. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top left corner.
  • 9': Foul by Pawel Dawidowicz (Verona).
  • 9': Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 11': Foul by Matteo Politano (Napoli).
  • 11': Michael Folorunsho (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Pawel Dawidowicz.
  • 12': Foul by Natan (Napoli).
  • 12': Michael Folorunsho (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Foul by Milan Djuric (Verona).
  • 13': Natan (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Attempt saved. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 15': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Lorenzo Montipò.
  • 15': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Giangiacomo Magnani.
  • 18': Delay in match because of an injury Lorenzo Montipò (Verona).
  • 19': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 20': Foul by Mário Rui (Napoli).
  • 20': Marco Faraoni (Verona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 22': Foul by Pawel Dawidowicz (Verona).
  • 22': Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 23': Attempt saved. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mário Rui.
  • 23': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Lorenzo Montipò.
  • 24': Attempt missed. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Amir Rrahmani following a corner.
  • 27': Goal! Verona 0, Napoli 1. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giacomo Raspadori with a cross.
  • 28': Attempt saved. Jens Cajuste (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giacomo Raspadori with a through ball.
  • 28': Attempt missed. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
  • 30': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Giangiacomo Magnani.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mário Rui with a cross.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 31': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Giangiacomo Magnani.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  • 32': Foul by Bruno Amione (Verona).
  • 32': Jens Cajuste (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 33': Delay in match because of an injury Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli).
  • 34': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 35': Attempt missed. Suat Serdar (Verona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Marco Faraoni.
  • 37': Foul by Giangiacomo Magnani (Verona).
  • 37': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 37': Giangiacomo Magnani (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 43': Goal! Verona 0, Napoli 2. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matteo Politano following a fast break.
  • 44': Marco Faraoni (Verona) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45': Mário Rui (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Bruno Amione (Verona).
  • 45'+1': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 45'+3': Foul by Matteo Politano (Napoli).
  • 45'+3': Michael Folorunsho (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Verona 0, Napoli 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Verona 0, Napoli 2.
  • 45': Substitution, Verona. Darko Lazovic replaces Suat Serdar.
  • 45': Substitution, Verona. Federico Bonazzoli replaces Cyril Ngonge.
  • 45': Substitution, Verona. Filippo Terracciano replaces Bruno Amione.
  • 47': Attempt saved. Federico Bonazzoli (Verona) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Milan Djuric.
  • 47': Attempt blocked. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Matteo Politano.
  • 48': Federico Bonazzoli (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': Foul by Natan (Napoli).
  • 49': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Marco Faraoni.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Matteo Politano following a corner.
  • 54': Hand ball by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
  • 55': Goal! Verona 0, Napoli 3. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matteo Politano following a fast break.
  • 55': Delay in match because of an injury Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli).
  • 56': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 57': Attempt saved. Milan Djuric (Verona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 59': Attempt missed. Federico Bonazzoli (Verona) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marco Faraoni.
  • 60': Goal! Verona 1, Napoli 3. Darko Lazovic (Verona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
  • 60': Dangerous play by Natan (Napoli).
  • 60': Federico Bonazzoli (Verona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 62': Filippo Terracciano (Verona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 62': Foul by Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli).
  • 62': Substitution, Verona. Jackson Tchatchoua replaces Josh Doig.
  • 63': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Jens Cajuste.
  • 64': Foul by Federico Bonazzoli (Verona).
  • 64': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 65': Federico Bonazzoli (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 66': Attempt saved. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
  • 66': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Lorenzo Montipò.
  • 66': Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Giacomo Raspadori.
  • 67': Substitution, Napoli. Alessandro Zanoli replaces Mário Rui.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
  • 67': Corner, Verona. Conceded by Natan.
  • 68': Attempt saved. Milan Djuric (Verona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Darko Lazovic with a cross.
  • 69': Attempt missed. Milan Djuric (Verona) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jackson Tchatchoua with a cross.
  • 71': Attempt blocked. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  • 71': Jens Cajuste (Napoli) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
  • 72': Offside, Napoli. Alex Meret tries a through ball, but Giovanni Simeone is caught offside.
  • 73': Attempt saved. Federico Bonazzoli (Verona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marco Faraoni with a cross.
  • 74': Attempt missed. Giovanni Simeone (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
  • 76': Attempt saved. Darko Lazovic (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Martin Hongla.
  • 77': Substitution, Napoli. Jesper Lindstrøm replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  • 78': Attempt missed. Milan Djuric (Verona) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jackson Tchatchoua with a cross.
  • 78': Substitution, Verona. Thomas Henry replaces Milan Djuric.
  • 80': Foul by Jesper Lindstrøm (Napoli).
  • 80': Jackson Tchatchoua (Verona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Jesper Lindstrøm (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 81': Attempt saved. Michael Folorunsho (Verona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Filippo Terracciano.
  • 81': Offside, Napoli. Stanislav Lobotka tries a through ball, but Giovanni Simeone is caught offside.
  • 84': Substitution, Napoli. Alessio Zerbin replaces Matteo Politano because of an injury.
  • 84': Substitution, Napoli. Gianluca Gaetano replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  • 85': Attempt missed. Thomas Henry (Verona) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jackson Tchatchoua.
  • 85': Foul by Michael Folorunsho (Verona).
  • 85': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Attempt blocked. Jesper Lindstrøm (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gianluca Gaetano.
  • 87': Attempt saved. Gianluca Gaetano (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jesper Lindstrøm.
  • 87': Foul by Pawel Dawidowicz (Verona).
  • 87': Giovanni Simeone (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 89': Alessio Zerbin (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89': Foul by Michael Folorunsho (Verona).
  • 90': Attempt saved. Alessio Zerbin (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jesper Lindstrøm.
  • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Marco Faraoni (Verona) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Filippo Terracciano.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Verona 1, Napoli 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Verona 1, Napoli 3.

Statistics

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9 Fouls 12
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 0
8 Corner Kicks 5
8 Saves 7
60.4 Possession 39.6
22 SHOTS 15
10 ON GOAL 9
0.5 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
454 Accurate Passes 258
520 Passes 323
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 7
13 Crosses 26
0.3 Cross % 0.3
67 Long Balls 56
36 Accurate Long Balls 24
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
6 Blocked Shots 0
10 Effective Tackles 6
13 Tackles 13
0.8 Tackle % 0.5
3 Interceptions 7
22 Effective Clearances 15
22 Clearances 15

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Location: Verona, Italy
Attendance: 20,549

Serie A Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Napoli 10 +13 25
2 Internazionale 10 +11 21
3 Atalanta 10 +12 19
4 Fiorentina 10 +12 19
Full Standings

Line-Ups

VER Hellas Verona (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 Lorenzo Montipò (GK)
27 Pawel Dawidowicz
2 Bruno Amione
23 Giangiacomo Magnani Yellow Card
25 Suat Serdar
18 Martin Hongla
3 Josh Doig
5 Davide Faraoni Yellow Card
11 Milan Djuric
90 Michael Folorunsho
26 Cyril Ngonge
Hellas Verona Substitutes:
Simone Perilli, Joselito, Jackson Tchatchoua, Filippo Terracciano, Tomás Suslov, Darko Lazovic, Charlys, Riccardo Saponara, Juan Cruz, Ondrej Duda, Diego Coppola, Jordi Mboula, Alessandro Berardi, Thomas Henry, Federico Bonazzoli.

NAP Napoli (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alex Meret (GK)
3 Natan
13 Amir Rrahmani
6 Mário Rui Yellow Card
22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
68 Stanislav Lobotka
24 Jens Cajuste
20 Piotr Zielinski
81 Giacomo Raspadori
77 Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
21 Matteo Politano
Napoli Substitutes:
Luigi D'Avino, Leo Ostigard, Jesper Lindstrom, Gianluca Gaetano, Alessandro Zanoli, Alessio Zerbin, Pierluigi Gollini, Mathías Olivera, Giovanni Simeone, Diego Demme, Nikita Contini.

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