UEFA Europa League Round of 32: Result NAPOLI 2 – 1 GRANADA, Thursday 25 February 2021

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% Ball Possession NAPOLI and % Ball Possession GRANADA
Napoli 2 – 1 Granada
3′ Piotr Zielinski                  25′ Ángel Montoro
59′ Fabián Ruiz

Stats: First Leg, 👉 Granada 2 – 0 Napoli

Napoli with the mission to overturn the result of the first half.  Napoli must win the game the Europa League Round of 32, Second Leg game against Granada on Thursday 25 February at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Napoli, Italy .  The issue is that Napoli need to win with more than 2 goals without conceding to make it to the Quarterfinals.

A good start for Napoli opening the score in the 3rd minute. It is Piotr Zielinski to defeat Granada goalkeeper with a left footed shot in the bottom left corner. The assist is by forward Lorenzo Insigne.

Granada equalizing for the 1-1 in the 25th minute. Ángel Montoro defeating Napoli goalkeeper Pepe Reina with a headed shot in the bottom right corner.

Napoli taking the lead again in the 59th minute. It is Fabián Ruiz to score with a left footed shot in the bottom right corner. Guess, who made the assist???? Yep, Lorenzo Insigne!!!!!

  • Napoli haven’t won in 5 home games against Spanish opponents (4N, 1P), 4 of which ended 1-1.  The only previous encounter between these two teams was Granada’s 2-0 win over Napoli in the first leg. All of the last 26 teams that have won by two goals without conceding at home in the first leg of a double Europa League match then went through – the last one to fail was Basel against Valencia in the 2013 quarter-finals. -14, who won the first leg 3-0 and then lost the return 5-0.  Napoli have only won two of their last seven home games in the knockout stages of the Europa League (3N, 2P), most recently losing to Arsenal in 2018-19, in the quarter-finals.  Napoli are unbeaten in the four home matches in a second leg of the Europa League round of 32: three wins and one draw.

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

NAPOLI (3-4-1-2): Meret – Rrahmani, Maksimovic, Koulibaly – Di Lorenzo, Fabian Ruiz, Bakayoko, Elmas – Zielinski – Politano, Insigne.

✅ Here is GRANADA official starting lineup – formation by Coach Diego Martinez:

GRANADA (4-3-3): Rui Silva – Foulquier, Duarte, Sanchez, Neva – Montoro, Gonalons, Eteki – Kenedy, Molina, Puertas.

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2020 – 2021 UEFA Europa League
Round of 32, Second Leg

Napoli 2 – 1 Granada
Thursday 25 February 2021
Diego Armando Maradona Stadium
Napoli, Italy

18:55

Referee: Daniel Siebert (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Seidel (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Dominik Schaal (GER)
Fourth Official: Daniel Schlager (GER)
VAR: Christian Dingert (GER)
AVAR: Bibiana Steinhaus (GER)
Referee Observer: Martin Hansson (SWE)

Goals: 3′ Piotr Zielinski (N), 25′ Ángel Montoro (G), 59′ Fabián Ruiz (N)

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

NAPOLI (3-4-1-2): Meret – Rrahmani, Maksimovic, Koulibaly – Di Lorenzo, Fabian Ruiz, Bakayoko, Elmas – Zielinski – Politano, Insigne.

Subs: Costanzo, Mertens, Idasiak, Cioffi, D’Agostino, Ghoulam, Labriola, Mario Rui, Zedadka, Contini, Lobotka.

Coach: Gennaro Gattuso

GRANADA (4-3-3): Rui Silva – Foulquier, Duarte, Sanchez, Neva – Montoro, Gonalons, Eteki – Kenedy, Molina, Puertas.

Subs: Diaz, Soldado, Escandell, Vallejo, Fabrega, Isma Ruiz, Torrente, Machis, Perez, Herrera, Aranda.

Coach: Diego Martinez Penas