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Napoli twice fumbled a lead to attract 2-2 with Genoa after Romelu Lukaku and Giacomo Raspadori targets, so their lead on the prime from Inter is sliced to only a single level.

The Partenopei felt they had been on the verge of triumph, particularly as they already knew Inter’s consequence away to Torino earlier than taking to the sphere right here. Alessandro Buongiorno and Juan Jesus had been nonetheless out of motion, with David Neres solely match for the bench, however Stanislav Lobotka grit his enamel to begin regardless of an ankle sprain. Matias Olivera was once more most popular to Rafa Marin as a makeshift central defender. Genoa misplaced , lacking Ruslan Malinovskyi, Fabio Miretti, Mario Balotelli, Maxwel Cornet, Caleb Ekuban, Alan Matturro and suspended Morten Thorsby, giving Benjamin Siegrist his Serie A debut.

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Matteo Politano bent a left-foot end simply extensive from the sting of the realm, whereas an acrobatic Scott McTominay bicycle-kick went over the bar.

Lobotka was the large danger and it didn’t repay, as a result of earlier than hobbling off to make means for Billy Gilmour.

Nevertheless, Napoli opened the scoring moments later when McTominay picked a superbly timed and above all weighted cross for Romelu Lukaku, who shrugged off Johan Vasquez to comb into the far backside nook off the within of the boot from seven yards.

epa12092547 Napoli’s ahead Romelu Lukaku celebrates after scoring the objective through the Italian Serie A soccer match SSC Napoli vs CF Genoa at Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Naples, 11 Might 2025. EPA-EFE/CESARE ABBATE

Siegrist pushed the Giacomo Raspadori strike over the bar from a tough angle, whereas Vitinha couldn’t get on the top of the deflected Junior Messias roll throughout the face of objective.

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Genoa very practically equalised on the half-hour mark, as Andrea Pinamonti nodded a Vitinha free kick onto the highest of the crossbar with Alex Meret properly crushed.

That was solely a warning, as moments later the Grifone did draw stage with one other Vitinha free kick not cleared correctly, so Sincere Ahanor’s header on a Messias cross hit the upright and ricocheted in off Meret’s physique.

NAPLES, ITALY – MAY 11: Sincere Ahanor of Genoa scores his facet first objective through the Serie A match between Napoli and Genoa at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Might 11, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photograph by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Photographs)

Lukaku stung Siegrist’s gloves straight after the restart, whereas Raspadori pounced on a free ball to check the goalkeeper’s legs on the close to put up.

Siegrist rode his luck somewhat when coping with the Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa tap-in from six yards on a Giovanni Di Lorenzo pull-back, aided by Johan Vasquez’s block.

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Napoli did restore their lead when McTominay threaded via down the left, as Raspadori managed with an essential right-footed first contact, then blasted in together with his left foot on the second on the close to put up.

NAPLES, ITALY – MAY 11: Giacomo Raspadori of Napoli scores his facet second objective through the Serie A match between Napoli and Genoa at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Might 11, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photograph by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Photographs)

McTominay’s ferocious end was palmed around the close to stick moments later, whereas Amir Rrahmani did simply sufficient to cease Pinamonti tapping within the Brooke Norton-Cuffy cross.

Nevertheless, it was not over, as Aaron Martin whipped in a cross from the left for the towering Johan Vasquez header to attract Genoa stage.

Politano noticed his left-foot scorcher palmed over the bar, however in stoppages Philip Billing nodded a David Neres cross extensive of the again put up from six yards.

Napoli 2-2 Genoa

Lukaku 15 (N), Meret og 32 (G), Raspadori 64 (N), Vasquez 84 (G)

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