Union Berlin snapped a 12-match shedding streak because of David Fofana’s 52nd-minute rebound end. (Credit: Twitter)
Union Berlin’s unimaginable shedding streak resulted in an unlikely place because it rescued a 1-1 draw at Napoli.
Union Berlin ended their shedding streak and claimed their first-ever level within the Champions League on Wednesday after escaping towards Napoli with a 1-1 draw on a day of fan tensions in southern Italy.
Matteo Politano gave Napoli the lead within the thirty ninth minute however David Datro Fofana, who’s on mortgage from Chelsea, leveled seven minutes after the break together with his first objective in nearly a 12 months to stop Union from falling to a thirteenth straight loss in all competitions.
Union keep backside of Group C, six factors behind second-positioned Napoli who remained second in Group C, two factors behind Real Madrid, which performed Braga later.
Braga was 4 factors behind Napoli and two forward of Union after the German group recorded its first level on this season’s Champions League.
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“We’ll take a very important point, but we can’t rest on our laurels,” Union defender Leonardo Bonucci advised Sky Sport in Italy.
“We conceded a really unfortunate goal… it kind of summed up what we’ve been going through. But we reacted really well as a team.
Napoli was still without standout forward Victor Osimhen but had won three of its four matches since he got injured.
Napoli scored six minutes from halftime in somewhat fortunate circumstances as Mário Rui’s cross took a deflection off a Union player and hit Politano’s face to ricochet in from close range.
Union almost leveled with the last kick of the half, seven minutes into stoppage time, but Josip Juranović’s free kick hit the base of the left post.
The German team didn’t have to wait long for the equalizer as Napoli was caught out on the counterattack early in the second half.
Fofana raced forward onto a long ball and then squared it to Sheraldo Becker. His attempt was superbly parried by Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret, but Fofana tucked away the rebound.
It was his first club goal since scoring for Molde on Nov. 13 last year.
“We should have managed our lead better. We weren’t in position, so we were caught by the counter-attack,” mentioned Napoli captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo to Sky.
“We have to take the draw but it’s a shame as I think we definitely deserved the win. But qualification is still on.”
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