Napoli are clear on the high of the Serie A desk and the one remaining staff with a 100 per cent document, as Billy Gilmour, Leonardo Spinazzola and Lorenzo Lucca struggled to interrupt Pisa 3-2.
The Partenopei wanted some squad rotation after a , the place they have been right down to 10 males for over an hour following Giovanni Di Lorenzo’s dismissal. Romelu Lukaku will likely be out till December, however Alex Meret, Mathias Olivera, Eljif Elmas and Billy Gilmour stepped in. Pisa opened the season with a 1-1 draw in opposition to Atalanta, then misplaced 1-0 to each Roma and Udinese. Calvin Stengs sustained an adductor pressure, together with Idrissa Touré and Daniel Denoon, with Juan Cuadrado and ex-Napoli defender Raul Albiol on the bench.
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NAPLES, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 22: SSC Napoli gamers posing earlier than the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and Pisa SC at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on September 22, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Picture by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Photos)
Matteo Politano did not take advantage of an early reward from goalkeeper Adrian Semper enjoying out from the again, however there was rigidity after 10 minutes when the referee was referred to as over by VAR.
Kevin De Bruyne did foul Leris proper on the sting of the world, however there was no penalty as a result of the Pisa participant had fallen on the ball along with his hand first, neutralising that state of affairs.
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De Bruyne’s volley was smothered by Semper on a nook, whereas Eljif Elmas had the ball within the internet on 26 minutes, however solely after Rasmus Hojlund was narrowly offside when forcing a save from Semper.
Napoli ultimately did open the scoring with the primary objective for the membership from Gilmour. Leonardo Spinazzola pulled again from the left and the Scottish midfielder despatched a defender to floor with a sensible dummy, then noticed his end deflected into the far backside nook from 14 yards.
Pisa practically equalised on the stroke of half-time, as Leris sprung the offside entice on a Michel Aebischer ball excessive and got here sliding in on the again submit, forcing a determined response save out of Meret.
It ought to’ve been 2-0 for Napoli moments later, as Hojlund intercepted a wayward Marius Marin move and sprinted in the direction of objective, however insisted on doing all of it himself and the end was charged down.
NAPLES, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 22: Billy Gilmour of SSC Napoli celebrates along with his teammates after scoring his facet first objective in the course of the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and Pisa SC at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on September 22, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Picture by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Photos)
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Matteo Politano obtained the end all fallacious from seven yards after a powerful Spinazzola run and lay-off, then McTominay fired simply over from the sting of the field.
Stefano Moreo left an attractive ball for Ebeneezer Akinsanmiro when he ought to’ve gone for it himself, then moments later Akinsanmiro’s scorcher was palmed out from underneath the bar by Meret.
Pisa have been pushing and did get their penalty when a nook fell to Mateus Lusuardi, the shot from point-blank vary hit Sam Beukema on the knee and ricocheted onto his outstretched arm. M’Bala Nzola transformed down the center as Meret went right down to equalise.
Caracciolo at full stretch flicked a harmful cross away from Hojlund, resulting in a mad scramble on the ensuing nook.
NAPLES, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 22: Billy Gilmour of SSC Napoli celebrates along with his teammates after scoring his facet first objective in the course of the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and Pisa SC at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on September 22, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Picture by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Photos)
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Napoli did restore their lead when Spinazzola shrugged off a problem and stunned Semper by drilling low into the close to backside nook from outdoors the world along with his proper foot.
Lorenzo Lucca got here off the bench and inside minutes had scored his first objective for the membership too, gathering from McTominay and blasting into the close to high nook from a really difficult angle.
Pisa wasted a golden alternative to make it 3-2 when Beukema gave it away cheaply, however Matteo Tramoni scuffed huge with solely Meret to beat.
It nonetheless wasn’t over, as Di Lorenzo capped off a nightmare week by giving the ball away cheaply on the by-line to Samuele Angori, who arrange Lorran for a simple tap-in from six yards.
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In stoppages, Meret made a rare response save on Angori’s header from point-blank vary, though the referee noticed a foul on Politano too.
Napoli 3-2 Pisa
Gilmour 39 (N), Nzola pen 60 (P), Spinazzola 73 (N), Lucca 82 (N), Lorran 90 (P)
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