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65% Ball Possession NAPOLI and 35% Ball Possession RANGERS
Napoli 3 – 0 Rangers 
11′ Giovanni Simeone
16′ Giovanni Simeone
80′ Leo Östigard
🏆👉 Napoli already qualified to the Round of 16 with full 15 points after defeating Rangers. Napoli win the Champions League Matchday 5 game keeping a perfect score on Wednesday 26 October 2022 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Napoli, Italy. Napoli have won all five games of this Champions League and become the first Italian team to squeeze five wins in the first five matches of a single edition since Juventus in 2004-05.
Napoli and Liverpool will play for first place in the last round in the direct clash of Anfield. Napoli, however, have the advantage in goal difference and even with a defeat with a difference of three goals they would remain in first place. Double for Simeone in the first half, in the second half the Neapolitans touched the third goal on several occasions until they found it, the 100 in the Champions League, with Leo Östigard.
Napoli are in the 1st position with 15 points
Napoli opened the score in the 11th minute. Argentinean forward Giovanni Simeone defeated Rangers goalkeeper with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
🏆👉 Napoli 1 – 0 Rangers, 11th minute, ⚽️ goal by Giovanni Simeone for @en_sscnapoli with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Giovanni Di Lorenzo. https://t.co/wWrlf2fqhH
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) October 26, 2022
The good moment is on for Simeone scoring a brace in the 116th minute! Giovanni scored with a headed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Mário Rui.
🏆👉 Napoli 2 – 0 Rangers, 16th minute, ⚽️ goal by Giovanni Simeone for @en_sscnapoli with a headed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Mário Rui. https://t.co/PPyfKFLQYO
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) October 26, 2022
Napoli are on unstoppable right now! 🔥
Simeone gets two in five minutes! pic.twitter.com/1OazlaVL4R
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) October 26, 2022
2 – Only 2 Argentinian 🇦🇷 players have scored 4 goals in their first 4 matches in Champions League:
– Giovanni #Simeone
– Diego Simeone.Family.#NapoliRangers #UCL pic.twitter.com/m74vLNrdV2
— OptaPaolo 🏆 (@OptaPaolo) October 26, 2022
In the 80th minute, Leo Östigard scored with a headed shot to the bottom right corner following a corner conceded by Allan McGregor. The assist is by Giacomo Raspadori.
🏆👉 Napoli 3 – 0 Rangers, 80th minute, ⚽️ goal by Leo Östigard for @en_sscnapoli with a headed shot to the bottom right corner following a corner conceded by Allan McGregor. The assist is by Giacomo Raspadori. https://t.co/6VUHkIlAcs
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) October 26, 2022
Brilliant header from Ostigard!
Napoli have their 20th goal of their #UCL campaign 🔥 pic.twitter.com/tNhw0EdPiH
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) October 26, 2022
✅ Stats before the game: The only European precedent between Napoli and Rangers was the one played in the second round of this Champions League: a 3-0 victory for the Neapolitans at Ibrox. Considering all the European competitions, Rangers have won only one of the 12 away games played in Italy (2N, 9P), namely the one 3-2, against Livorno, in the UEFA Cup, in 2006, thanks to goals from Charlie Adam, Kris Boyd and Nacho Novo. British teams have so far won only two of the 15 away games played against Napoli in a European competition (2N, 11P). The only English team to snatch the success (4-2), in the home of the Neapolitans, in the Champions League, was Manchester City, in November 2017.
🏆👉 Lineup NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Ostigard, Kim, Mario Rui; Ndombele, Lobotka, Elmas; Politano, Simeone, Raspadori.
🏆👉 Lineup RANGERS (4-2-3-1): McGregor – Tavernier, King, Davies, Yilmaz – Lundstram, Sands – Tillman, Wright, Kent – Morelos.
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📺 Click the video to watch Napoli 3 – 0 Rangers highlights on Wednesday 26 October 2022
Turkish Referee Halil Umut Meler will be assisted by Mustafa Eysoy (TUR) and Cevdet Komurcuoglu (TUR). The Fourth Official will be Arda Kardeşler (TUR). The VAR will be Abdulkadir Bitigen (TUR). The AVAR will be Marco Fritz (GER). The Referee Observer will be Terje Hauge (NOR).
Photo via twitter.com/en_sscnapoli
Photo via twitter.com/RangersFC
Photo via twitter.com/RangersFC
🏆👉 Napoli vs Rangers, Match Officials
UEFA Champions League🗓️ Wednesday 26 October 2022
🏟️ Diego Armando Maradona Stadium
⏲️ 21:00🙍♂️ Referee: Halil Umut Meler
🚩 Assistants: Eysoy and Komurcuoglu
Fourth Official: Kardeşler✅ https://t.co/OZhe1JREE8
@Domii_Torello pic.twitter.com/ptRxXYdCYp— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) October 26, 2022
🏆👉 First half is over. Napoli 2 – 0 Rangers
⚽️ Goals: 11′, 16’Giovanni Simeone
🟨 Yellows: 9′ Davies (R), 42′ Lundstram (R)
✍ Ball Possession: 65% @en_sscnapoli and 35% @RangersFC
✅ https://t.co/mBU9MReqnJ@tri_napoliclub @Domii_Torello @ForzaNapoliPod @SerieASitdown https://t.co/AmYG0FgMp7
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) October 26, 2022
🏆👉 Result Napoli 3 – 0 Rangers
⚽️ Goals: 11′, 16’Giovanni Simeone, 80′ Leo Östigard
🟨 Yellows: Napoli 2, Rangers 2
✍ Ball Possession: 65% @en_sscnapoli and 35% @RangersFC
✅ https://t.co/mBU9MQXnlJ@tri_napoliclub @ForzaNapoliPod @Domii_Torello @NapoliRant @socios https://t.co/ZmGIe2snRp
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) October 26, 2022
2022 – 2023 UEFA Champions League
Group Stage – Group A
Matchday 5
Napoli 3 – 0 Rangers
Wednesday 26 October 2022
Diego Armando Maradona Stadium
Napoli, Italy
21:00
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Mustafa Eysoy (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Cevdet Komurcuoglu (TUR)
Fourth Official: Arda Kardeşler (TUR)
VAR: Abdulkadir Bitigen (TUR)
AVAR: Marco Fritz (GER)
Referee Observer: Terje Hauge (NOR)
Goals: 11′ and 16′ Giovanni Simeone, 80′ Leo Östigard
🟨 Yellows: 9′ Davies (R), 42′ Lundstram (R), 88′ Kim Min-Jae (N), 90′ Mário Rui (N)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
🏆👉 Lineup NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Ostigard, Kim, Mario Rui; Ndombele, Lobotka, Elmas; Politano, Simeone, Raspadori.
Subs: Idasiak, Boffelli, Juan Jesus, Osimhen, Olivera, Lozano, Zielinski, Zerbin, Zanoli, Gaetano, Kvaratskhelia, Anguissa.
Coach: Spalletti.
🏆👉 Lineup RANGERS (4-2-3-1): McGregor – Tavernier, King, Davies, Yilmaz – Lundstram, Sands – Tillman, Wright, Kent – Morelos.
Subs: McCrorie, McLaughlin, Colak, Davis, Matondo, Sakala, Barisic, Arfield, Devine, Lowry, Allan.
Coach: Giovanni Van Bronckhorst
