Napoli's Title Hopes Dented by Genoa Comeback in Costly Draw
In a dramatic Serie A encounter at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, Napoli squandered a golden opportunity to solidify their league leadership, settling for a 2-2 draw against already-safe Genoa. The Partenopei's defensive lapses proved costly as they saw their advantage over Inter Milan shrink to just one point with two matches remaining.
2024-25, Italy - Serie A
Napoli - Genoa 2:2 (1:1)
Goals: Lukaku R., 15 (1:0); Meret, 32 (own goal) (1:1); Raspadori, 64 (2:1); Vasquez J-n, 84 (2:2)
Napoli: Meret; Rrahmani Am.; Olivera M.; Di Lorenzo; McTominay; Politano (Neres, 88); Spinazzola; Lobotka (Gilmour B., 13); Zambo Anguissa André-Frank; Lukaku R.; Raspadori (Billing, 80)
Bench: Contini N.; Scuffet; Marín Ra.; Mazzocchi; Okafor; Hasa; Simeone; Ngongé
Yellow Cards: Billing 89
Genoa: Siegrist; Norton-Cuffy; Sabelli (Zanoli, 78); Vasquez J-n; Otoa (Bani, 69); Ahanor (Venturino, 78); Junior Messias (Martín A., 59); Frendrup; Masini; Vitinha (Kasa, 69); Pinamonti
Bench: Leali; Sommariva; De Winter K.; Onana J.; Badelj; Ekhator
Yellow Cards: Vasquez J-n 45; Vitinha 58