Napoli lose pleasant 2-1 to Brest on Milinkovic-Savic debut

Lorenzo Lucca scores for and Vanja Milinkovic-Savic made his Napoli debut, however Antonio Conte’s males misplaced 2-1 to Stade Brestois.

This was the chance for brand new to make his debut following the switch from Torino.

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Summer season additions Sam Beukema, Kevin De Bruyne, Lorenzo Lucca and Noa Lang had been additionally within the beginning XI, however gamers like Scott McTominay, Alessandro Buongiorno, Alex Meret, Matias Olivera and Billy Gilmour weren’t totally match.

David Neres had a number of early probabilities, whereas Giacomo Raspadori and Beukema efforts had been straight on the goalkeeper.

Vanja Milinkovic-Savic joins Napoli

It was Brest who broke the impasse with Ludovic Ajorque stunning Amir Rrahmani, then the identical striker was able to nod in a Romain Del Castillo cross.

De Bruyne was unfortunate to not get one again earlier than half-time, as his acrobatic back-heel flick thumped the upright.

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Lucca did get Napoli from shut vary on the Matteo Politano help, after an preliminary Giovanni Di Lorenzo run.

Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa nearly equalised from one other Politano cross, this time his header skimmed the woodwork, and De Bruyne’s scorcher pressured a troublesome save.

Napoli 1-2 Brest

Ajorque 28, 32 (B), Lucca 63 (N)

Napoli: Milinkovic-Savic; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Beukema (Obaretin 72), Spinazzola (Mazzocchi 83); De Bruyne, Lobotka, Raspadori (Anguissa 67); Neres (Politano 61), Lucca (Lukaku 67), Lang (Zanoli 76)

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