Napoli closed the chance to return to the top of the Serie A after a stunning 2-1 loss against Como.
Match report
Napoli closed the chance to return to the top of the Serie A after a stunning 2-1 loss against Como.
With title rivals Inter after Saturday, the pressure in the Antonio Conte team was to get the three points needed to return to the top in Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia on Sunday.
Instead, Napoli's Winless Streak extended to four games in the competition when Assane Diao in a second half winner for the hosts by CESC Fabregas-on the banks of Lake Como.
Napoli went to a nightmare start when Kosovan Centrum-Back Amir Rrahmani gave the lead in the seventh minute by sending Matteo Politano's Throw-in in his own net, with goalkeeper Alex Meret well from his line.
The lead of Como, however, only lasted seven minutes, because Giacomo Raspadori made a number of sloppy defending defense to go beyond Jean Butez.
But with the EB match to a draw, Diao drilled in from the edge of the area after recording the Pas of Nico Paz, which gained a memorable victory for 13th place Como.
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– Como1907 (@como_1907) 23 February 2025
Data Debrief: A victory to enjoy
This was just Como's second victory over Napoli in Serie A, with their previous such victory in November 1952.
Since then, Como had confronted Napoli 18 times in the top flight of Italy, lost 14 times and signed the other four games.
The Fabregas team did not make much – Como tried only two shots in the first half and they ended with an expected goals value of 0.56.
However, Napoli was far from at their best and only created 1.09 xg, while Romelu Lukaku Voorwaarts only eight touches and knew one shot before he was removed just after the hour.
Diao arranged the match and scored for the first time in his top career for a third league match, because Como made a backup of last week's impressive victory over Fiorentina with an even better result.
Match -Events
0 'The game is about to start!
8 'Own goal! Como 1-0 Napoli (Amir Rrahmani)
12 'Highlight of Como vs Napoli
17 'goal! Como 1-1 Napoli (Giacomo Raspadori)
58 'Highlight of Como vs Napoli
61 'Match event for Como vs Napoli
66 'Match event for Como vs Napoli
69 'Match event for Como vs Napoli
74 'Match event for Como vs Napoli
77 'goal! Como 2-1 Napoli (Assane Diao)
79 'Match event for Como vs Napoli
85 'Match event for Como vs Napoli
95 'Highlight of Como vs Napoli
Line-ups
Como XI: Kempf, Jean Butez, Goldaniga, Caqueret, Strefezza, Lucas da Cunha, Ivan Smolcic, Máximo Perrone, álex Valle, Nico Paz, Assane Diao
Subs: Reina, Mauro Vigorito, Moreno, Alessio IOVINE, Mërgim Vojvoda, Ikone, Cutrone, Anastasios Douvikas, Matthias Braunöder, Yannik Engelhardt, Alieu Fadera, Fellipe Jack Jack Jack Jack
Napoli XI: Lukaku, Spinazzola, Di Lorenzo, Lobotka, Politano, Rrahmani, Meret, Billing, Giacomo Raspadori, BuongiNo, Mctominay
Subs: Juan, Simone Scuffet, G.Simeon, Nikita Contini, Anguisissa, M.Olivera, Okafor, Cyril Ngonge, Gilmour, Rafa Marín, Luis Hasa
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