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Last Updated: February 18, 2024, 00:01 IST
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Defending champion Napoli wanted a late equalizer from Cyril Ngonge to rescue a 11 draw at residence with Genoa in Serie A on Saturday forward of a Champions League match in opposition to Barcelona.
ROME: Defending champion Napoli wanted a late equalizer from Cyril Ngonge to rescue a 1-1 draw at residence with Genoa in Serie A on Saturday forward of a Champions League match in opposition to Barcelona.
Napoli captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo met a cross with a header on the far put up and left it for Ngonge to show in from the middle of the realm within the ninetieth minute.
The draw ended a two-match shedding streak for Napoli however the Partenopei prolonged their winless streak to 5 matches throughout all competitions — and the squad was whistled off the pitch by followers on the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
Morten Frendrup had put Genoa forward shortly after the break by ending off a counterattack with a shot from the sting of the realm for the Danish midfielder’s first Serie A purpose.
Napoli is ninth and Genoa is twelfth.
Napoli striker Victor Osimhen watched from the stands after final season’s Serie A scoring chief returned late from the African Cup of Nations, the place his Nigeria crew was crushed by Ivory Coast in final weekend’s closing.
Later, second-place Juventus was visiting relegation-threatened Hellas Verona and Atalanta was enjoying Sassuolo.
Napoli hosts Barcelona within the first leg of the Champions League last-16 on Wednesday.
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