DBasia.news – Parma ruined Gennaro Gattuso’s debut as Napoli’s new coach by carving out a 2-1 victory, in an Italian League match played at the Stadio San Paolo.
The victory also toppled Napoli from seventh place which is now inhabited by Parma with a collection of 24 points.
The match was delayed for 30 minutes due to an overnight storm that damaged the stadium roof, so the match committee needed time to secure parts of the roof.
Napoli received a nightmare from the beginning. Defender, Kalidou Koulibaly, had to stop a dangerous counter-attack, then lose the ball when pressed by Dejan Kulusevski. He then suffered an injury while running after the winger, who completed his move by packing an opening goal when the match ran for four minutes.
Parma even had the opportunity to double the advantage when Koulibaly’s replacement, Sebastiano Luperto, made a similar mistake. But this time Andreas Cornelius was able to take the ball.
Before halftime, the referee had pointed to the white spot to award a penalty to Napoli. But after conducting a review, he saw a violation committed by Hernani against Zielinski occur outside the forbidden box, and the decision was changed to a free kick.
The goal awaited by the hosts public was created in the 64th minute. Arkadiusz Milik managed to equalize through a header utilizing substitute Dries Mertens’ pass.
The equalizer boosted the morale of Napoli players, but Parma was always dangerous when counterattacking. As Gervinho did when he writhed and released the kick that was detained by goalkeeper, Meret.
All the strikes of Napoli had failed to achieve any results. Precisely in the 90th minute, from Napoli’s corner which was successfully secured, Gervinho teamed up with Kulusevski and beat goalkeeper, Meret, in a one-on-one situation.