Serie A Week 20: Result NAPOLI 0 – 2 FIORENTINA, Saturday 18 January 2020

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67% Ball Possession NAPOLI and 33% Ball Possession FIORENTINA
Napoli 0 – 2 Fiorentina
.                                                 25′ Federico Chiesa
.                                                 73′ Dusan Vlahovic

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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 11th position with 24 points and a positive goal difference of +2
Fiorentina, 14th position with 21 points and a negative goal difference of -6
Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
11 Napoli 19 6 6 7 28:26 2 24
14 Fiorentina 19 5 6 8 23:29 -6 21

What a slap for Napoli losing the Serie A Week 20 game defeated by Fiorentina on Saturday 18 January 2020 at the San Paolo Stadium in Napoli, Italy.  This is an embarrassing defeat for Napoli losing their third consecutive game a situation not happening since April 2012.  Napoli is just falling from grace living a total nightmare.  Is it bye bye Champions League next season?

The party is for Fiorentina conquering the San Paolo.  Fiorentina winning their third consecutive game.  Surely, this is a dark season for Napoli not even closer to the top 3 positions.   Napoli  winning only 6 games this season, 6 draws, and losing 8!!!  OUCH.  Fiorentina now reaching 24 games same points as Napoli.

Fiorentina opening the score in the 25th minute. It is Federico Chiesa to defeat Napoli goalkeeper Ospina with a right footed shot in the bottom left corner. The assist is by Marco Benassi.

Fiorentina increasing the score in the 75th minute. It is Dusan Vlahovic to deliver a left footed shot all the way to the bottom left corner crushing Napoli fans. The assist is by Pol Lirola. The joy is reflected by the few Fiorentina fans at the San Paolo while the faces of Napoli fans in disbelief.

Here is NAPOLI official starting lineup – formation by Coach Gennaro Gattuso:

NAPOLI (4-3-3): Ospina – Hysaj, Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Luperto – Fabian Ruiz, Allan, Zielinski – Callejon, Milik, Insigne.

Here is FIORENTINA official starting lineup – formation by Coach Giuseppe Iachini:

FIORENTINA (3-5-2): Dragowski – Milenkovic, Pezzella, Caceres – Pol Lirola, Benassi, Pulgar, Castrovilli, Dalbert – Chiesa, Cutrone.

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Click the video to watch Napoli 0 – 2 Fiorentina highlights including all goals on Saturday 18 January 2020.

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of NAPOLI: Arek Milik with 7 goals.

Top scorer of FIORENTINA:  Pulgar, Milenkovic, Vlahovic, and Castrovilli with 3 goals each.

napoli Goals Goals fiorentina
Milik, Arek 7 3 Pulgar, Erick
Mertens, Dries 4 3 Milenkovic, Nikola
Llorente, Fernando 3 3 Vlahovic, Dusan
Insigne, Lorenzo 3 3 Castrovilli, Gaetano
Manolas, Kostas 2 2 Ribery, Franck

Stats.  Here are the last 3 games of NAPOLI:  1 win, 2 lost.

DAte TO Match FT ROund
14/01/20 CI Napoli Perugia 2:0 1/8
11/01/20 SA Lazio Napoli 1:0 19
06/01/20 SA Napoli Inter 1:3 18

Stats.   Here are the last 3 games of FIORENTINA:  2 wins, 1 draw

DAte TO Match FT ROund
15/01/20 CI Fiorentina Atalanta 2:1 1/8
12/01/20 SA Fiorentina Spal 1:0 19
06/01/20 SA Bologna Fiorentina 1:1 18

Referee Fabrizio Pasqua from the section of Tivoli will be assisted by Giacomo Paganessi from the section of Bergamo and Valerio Colarossi from the section of Roma 2. The fourth official will be Rosario Abisso from the section of Palermo. The fourth official will be Michael Fabbri from the section of Ravenna and the AVAR will be Daniele Bindoni from the section of Venezia.

Serie A tickets2019 – 2020 Italian Serie A Week 20

Napoli 0 - 2 Fiorentina
Saturday 18 January 2020
San Paolo Stadium
Napoli, Italy

20:45

Referee: PASQUA
Assistants: PAGANESSI – COLAROSSI
Fourth Official: ABISSO
VAR: FABBRI
AVAR: BINDONI

Goals: 25' Federico Chiesa (F), 73' Dusan Vlahovic (F)

Official lineups - formations:

NAPOLI (4-3-3): Ospina - Hysaj, Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Luperto - Fabian Ruiz, Allan, Zielinski - Callejon, Milik, Insigne.

Subs: Meret, Karnezis, Tonelli, Lemme, Elmas, Lobotka, Llorente, Lozano, Younes.

Coach: Gennaro Gattuso

FIORENTINA (3-5-2): Dragowski - Milenkovic, Pezzella, Caceres - Pol Lirola, Benassi, Pulgar, Castrovilli, Dalbert - Chiesa, Cutrone.

Subs: Terracciano, Terzic, Zurkowski, Ceccherini, Venuti, Ranieri, Badelj, Sottil, Eysseric, Olivera, Ghezzal, Vlahovic.

Coach: Giuseppe Iachini