JAKARTA - Napoli failed to take advantage of the opportunity to appear in front of their own supporters when they hosted AS Roma in the Italian Serie A, Tuesday 19 morning western Indonesia time. The match which took place at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium ended in a 1-1 draw.
The hosts took the lead through Lorenzo Insigne's goal before AS Roma equalized through Stephan El-Shaarawy's goal at the end of the match.
This result is a big loss for Napoli who are competing for the Scudetto. They are stuck in third place with 67 points from 33 matches, four points behind AC Milan, and two points from Inter Milan in position 1-2.
While Rome is in the fifth position with 58 points.
Napoli tried to control the match with possession from the start. AS Roma responded by playing aggressive pressing.
Just nine minutes later, Napoli was awarded a penalty after the referee, with the help of VAR, judged Hirving Lazano had been fouled by Roger Ibanez.
Lorenzo Insigne stepped up as a kicker and managed to beat Rui Patricio, even though the direction of the ball was read. Score 1-0 to I Partenopei.
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Napoli re-press and create chaos in the penalty box Rome. Victor Osimhen's shot was blocked, but Lozano tried to catch the ball, which Patricio could easily parry.
Roma several times tried to launch a fast attack by relying on Nicolo Zaniolo. However, this effort was easily broken by the Napoli players.
Towards the end of the first half, the visitors had a chance through Nicola Zalewski from the left side. He cut through the middle and fired a shot, which was still too weak for Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret to save. The first half ended with the score 0-0.
Roma started the second half better. In the 58th minute, Pellegrini released a kick that the goalkeeper could still secure.
Three minutes later, Roma missed a valuable opportunity after Tammy Abraham's header, which met Rick Karsdorp's pass from the right, was easily secured by Meret.
In the 66th minute, Jose Mourinho's squad got another chance. This time Gianluca Mancini's header deviated slightly to the right of the goal.
Not long ago. A cross from the left went to Pellegrini, but he lost quickly to Mario Rui who kept the ball straight.
Naples responded. Piotr Zielinski's shot went wide to the left of the goal, then Patricio's chance was secured by Eljif Elmas.
Roma asked for a penalty when Zaniolo fell after receiving a tackle from Meret. However, the referee and VAR did not budge. The Roma bench reacted to make the referee expel the reserve goalkeeper Daniel Fuzato.
Napoli threatened from a counter-attack in the 80th minute. Osimhen's stab ended with a shot that ended wide to the right of the goal.
Roma evened the score a few minutes before the game ended. Abraham passed the ball to El Shaarawy who was behind him. He without lingering grabbed the ball towards the bottom left corner of the goal. Final score 1-1.
Lineup:
Naples (4-3-3): Meret; Zanoli, Rrahmani, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Anguissa, Lobotka (Zielinski 57'), Fabian Ruiz (Demme 68'); Lozano (Elmas 68'), Osimhen (Mertens 83'), Insigne (Jesus 82')
AS Roma (3-4-1-2): Rui Patricio; Mancini (Perez 84'), Smalling, Ibanez; Karsdorp, Sergio Oliveira (Veretout 75'), Cristante, Zalewski (El Shaarawy 75'); Pellegrini; Zaniolo (Afena Gyan 86'), Abraham
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