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53% Ball Possession REAL MADRID and 47% Ball Possession NAPOLI
Real Madrid 4 – 2 Napoli 
11′ Rodrygo 9′ Giovanni Simeone
22′ Jude Bellingham 47′ André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
84′ Nico Paz
94′ Joselu
Napoli lost the Champions League Group Group Stage against Real Madrid on Wednesday 29 November 2023 at in Madrid, Spain. As in the first leg, the two teams put on a great show and as in the Maradona match, and Real Madrid triumphed. First, Napoli took the lead with Giovanni Simeone, followed by the home team’s comeback with Rodrygo and Jude Bellingham. At the beginning of the second half the Neapolitan equalizer came with André-Frank Zambo Anguissa, but in the end Real came out and won with the decisive goal from Nico Paz and the final 4-2 goal from Joselu.
In the next round, Napoli will host Braga, while Real Madrid will face Union Berlin.
Real Madrid have never lost to Napoli in their previous five European matches (W4, D1), winning all three Champions League matches (two in 2016-17 and the one on matchday two this season).
✅ Stats before the game: Real Madrid have never lost to Napoli in their previous five European matches (W4, D1), winning all three Champions League matches (two in 2016-17 and the one on matchday two this season). Napoli lost both European away games against Real Madrid: the one 2-0, in September 1987 in the European Cup, and the one 3-1 in the Champions League, in February 2017. Real Madrid have won 15 of their last 16 Champions League matches (L1) against Italian opposition, including the last nine in a row: this is the longest ever streak of consecutive wins in the competition by a team against Italian opposition, as well as of Real Madrid’s longest consecutive winning streak against clubs from a single country. Real Madrid have won eight of their last nine home matches (D1) in the Champions League, keeping a clean sheet in four of the five most recent games played at the Santiago Bernabéu. After the away successes against Sporting Braga and Union Berlin, on the first and third matchdays respectively, Napoli could win three away games in a row for the first time in the Champions League.
Napoli scored 2.6 goals per game in the Champions League last season, an average that dropped to 1.5 goals per match in this edition; furthermore, the Neapolitans’ scoring percentage went from 14.9 to 8.7.
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👉Result Real Madrid 4 – 2 Napoli
⚽️ Goals: 9′ Giovanni Simeone (N), 11′ Rodrygo (R), 22′ Bellingham (R), 47′ André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (N), 84′ N.Paz (R), 94′ Joselu (R)
✍Ball Possession: 53% @realmadriden and 47% @en_sscnapoli
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— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) November 29, 2023
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UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Real Madrid 4 – 2 Napoli
Wednesday 28 November 2023
Santiago Bernabeu Stadium
Madrid, Spain
21:00
Referee: François Letexier FRA
Assistant Referee 1: Cyril Mugnier FRA
Assistant Referee 2: Mehdi Rahmouni FRA
Fourth Official: Jérémy Stinat FRA
VAR: Jérôme Brisard FRA
AVAR: Pol van Boekel NED
Referee Observer: Lucilio Batista POR
⚽️ Goals: 9′ Giovanni Simeone (N), 11′ Rodrygo (R),
22′ Jude Bellingham (R), 47′ André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (N), 84′ Nico Paz (R) , 94′ Joselu (R)
🟨 Booked: Zielinski, Cajuste
✅ Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
REAL MADRID: Lunin; Carvajal, Alaba, Rudiger, Mendy, Valverde, Ceballos (57′ Joselu), Kroos, Bellingham, Brahim Diaz (65′ Paz), Rodrygo (87′ Vazquez).
Coach: Carlo Ancelotti.
NAPOLI: Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Natan, Juan Jesus (87′ Zanoli), Anguissa, Lobotka (87′ Raspadori), Zielinski (65′ Elmas), Politano (78′ Cajuste), Kvaratskhelia, Simeone.
Coach: Walter Mazzarri