JAKARTA - Napoli suffered a shocking 2-3 defeat when hosting Bologna in the 36th week of the 2025/2026 Italian League at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, Naples on Tuesday.
Bologna, as reported by Antara, managed to score two goals through Federico Bernardeschi and Riccardo Orsolini before being equalized by the goals of Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Alisson Santos.
The winning goal was scored by the visiting team dramatically by Jonathan Rowe in injury time.
This result makes Napoli's position in the Champions League zone not completely safe. The team coached by Antonio Conte remains in second place in the standings with 70 points from 36 matches.
However, Napoli still has the potential to be overtaken by its competitors such as Juventus, AC Milan, AS Roma, to Como 1907 in the remaining two matches this season.
Meanwhile, Bologna is still in eighth place with 52 points, as reported by the official legaserie a website.
Bologna surprised since the beginning of the match and immediately opened the lead in the 9th minute through Bernardeschi. The former Italian national team player successfully completed the opportunity to bring the visiting team ahead 1-0.
Bologna then doubled the lead in the 34th minute through a penalty from Riccardo Orsolini. The penalty was awarded after a foul by a Napoli player in the penalty area.
Napoli finally managed to rise before halftime. Giovanni Di Lorenzo narrowed the gap in the 45th+2 minute and made the score change to 1-2.
Napoli's positive momentum continued at the start of the second half. Santos managed to score the equalizer in the 48th minute to change the score to 2-2.
After the score was tied again, the match was open with both teams creating opportunities.
However, disaster came for Napoli in injury time. Jonathan Rowe scored Bologna's winning goal in the 90th+1 minute and gave the visiting team a 3-2 lead.
Napoli failed to respond until the final whistle was blown and had to lose a full point in front of their own supporters.
This defeat makes the competition for the Champions League zone even tighter. Napoli is now only a narrow lead over Juventus, AC Milan, and AS Roma who continue to stick to the top of the standings.
Napoli (3-4-3): Vanja Milinkovic-Savic; Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Amir Rrahmani, Alessandro Buongiorno; Matteo Politano, Scott McTominay, Stanislav Lobotka, Miguel Gutierrez; Giovane Nascimento, Rasmus Hojlund, Alisson Santos
Bologna (4-2-3-1): Massimo Pessina; Joao Mario, Eivind Helland, Jhon Lucumi, Juan Miranda; Remo Freuler, Tommaso Pobega; Riccardo Orsolini, Lewis Ferguson, Federico Bernardeschi; Santiago Castro
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