A Napoli facet decimated by accidents suffered their second Serie A defeat of the season, as Giovanni Simeone was decisive for Torino, together with VAR late on.
The Partenopei had been lacking Scott McTominay, Rasmus Hojlund, Stanislav Lobotka, Amir Rrahmani, Romelu Lukaku and Nikita Contini, with Matteo Politano and Alessandro Buongiorno , so , Juan Jesus, Lorenzo Lucca and David Neres stepped in. Toro needed to do with out Zakaria Aboukhlal, Tino Anjorin, Ivan Ilic, Zanos Savva and Perr Schuurs, whereas Ardian Ismajli was solely prepared for the bench. Giovanni Simeone and Vanja Milinkovic-Savic confronted their former golf equipment.
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TURIN, ITALY – OCTOBER 18: Kevin De Bruyne of Napoli on the ball throughout the Serie A match between Torino FC and SSC Napoli at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on October 18, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photograph by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Pictures)
Nikola Vlasic was so unfortunate to not give Torino the early lead on quarter-hour, as his angled drive beat former teammate Vanja Milinkovic-Savic solely to bounce off the within of the far put up.
Kevin De Bruyne’s free kick examined Franco Israel, then the ex-Manchester Metropolis man’s roller was deflected inches large after a Marcus Pedersen error, whereas Matias Olivera didn’t get the decisive flick on an help from six yards.
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Torino broke the impasse when Gilmour’s error allowed Simeone to spring the offside lure, however he had extra to do when sending Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Milinkovic-Savic to floor, handing over from a good angle. The previous Napoli man waved an apology to his previous followers, just lately confessing he cried for hours after leaving the membership.
It was virtually 2-0 moments later, as Marcus Pedersen fired over after a Simeone cross bounced awkwardly, whereas Sam Beukema blasted not far astray.
Che Adams noticed his effort deflected onto the side-netting by Juan Jesus and Israel smothered the Leonardo Spinazzola strike, whereas Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa’s header was fingertipped over from a Spinazzola cross.
TURIN, ITALY – OCTOBER 18: Giovanni Di Lorenzo of Napoli makes an attempt to dam the shot by Che Adams of Torino throughout the Serie A match between Torino FC and SSC Napoli at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on October 18, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photograph by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Pictures)
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De Bruyne couldn’t hold his volley down on the Noa Lang pull-back and Milinkovic-Savic was proper behind the Adams effort, as Napoli began to place collectively a string of corners.
They pinned Toro again into their very own half, however Saul Coco cleared a Spinazzola cross virtually off the road, then Eljif Elmas ballooned over the bar first-time on one more Spinazzola cross.
Duvan Zapata solely grazed his head to a Cristiano Biraghi free kick and Spinazzola stung Israel’s gloves in stoppages.
Napoli had wild celebrations in stoppages when Matteo Politano’s roller bounced off the bottom of the far put up, hit Israel within the again, and Noa Lang turned within the rebound from a few yards. Nonetheless, Lang was offside when Politano took the preliminary shot, so the aim was disallowed.
Simeone 32 (T)
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