◤Serie A◢ Amir Rrahmani scored a own-goal as Napoli shockingly lost to Como 2-1..
2025-02-24 12:05
Napoli shockingly lost to Como 2-1 on matchday 26 of the 2024/25 Serie A at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia on Sunday.
In the first half, Rrahmani made a deadly mistake while passing back in his own back half, which turned into an own goal. Raspadori intercepted the ball, volleyed and scored. In the second half, Diao scored from a long shot. In the end, Como shockingly defeated Napoli by 2-1. After this round of games, I Lariani is temporarily 13th on the table with 28 points after 2 consecutive wins; I Partenopei temporarily slipped to the second place with 56 points after 4 consecutive winless streak.
First Half
In the 7th minute, Amir Rrahmani did not notice that goalkeeper Alex Meret was not in front of the goal in his own penalty area when he passed the ball back from his own back half. As a result, his pass flew directly into his own goal, resulting in a very costly own goal. Como broke the deadlock first to take a 1-0 lead!
5 minutes later, Napoli got a free kick opportunity. Philip Billing took the free kick from outside the penalty area and shot directly with his left foot, but his shot was saved by Jean Butez.
In the 17th minute, Napoli made a deadly counterattack. Marc-Oliver Kempf made a mistake while clearing the ball in his own back half. Giacomo Raspadori quickly followed up, intercepted the ball, then dribbled into the right side of the box before volleying the ball into the lower center of the net with his right foot. Napoli equalized Como at 1-1!
After that, the two sides did not make any progress in terms of real attacking threats for a long time. At the end of the first half, Como and Napoli temporarily drew 1-1 and entered the half time break.
Second Half
Both teams switched sides as the match continued. In the 66th minute, Raspadori passes horizontally from the front. Scott McTominay got the ball, turned around and took a few steps, before volleying with his right foot from the center of the box, his shot was saved over the crossbar by Butez.
9 minutes later, Matteo Politano passes horizontally from the front. Frank Zambo-Anguissa quickly followed up and upon receiving the pass, took a long shot with his right foot from the edge of the penalty area, but his shot was saved by Butez.
In the 77th minute, Como made a deadly quick counterattack. Nico Paz intercepted the ball and made a straight pass from the front. Assane Diao quickly followed up, stopped the ball, and adjusted his angle, took a long shot with his right foot from the edge of the penalty area. The ball flew into the bottom left corner of the net, leaving Meret was out of reach. Como took the lead again at 2-1! This is the Spanish U19 international winger's fifth goal after joining I Lariani in January!
In the fifth minute of injury time, Noah Okafor passed back from the left side of the box. Rrahmani quickly followed up and upon receiving the pass, took a long shot with his right foot from the edge of the penalty area, but his shot went just slightly wide of the right side of the post.
When the final whistle is blown, Como shockingly defeated Napoli by 2-1.
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