Goals and Highlights: Napoli 1-1 Roma in Serie A

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Napoli 1-1 Roma.

Roma goal

Mid-range shot from Stephan El Shaarawy to make it 1-1.

Add 8 more minutes.

Afrena-Gyan enters and Zaniolo leaves due to injury, Roma substitution.

Perez enters and Mancini leaves, Roma changes.

Insigne and Osimhen leave

Mertens and Jesus enter 

Napoli changes.

A heavy collision in the area and Ibáñez is left lying on the field.

Daniel Fuzato, from Rome, has been expelled.

Osimhen enters the area and fires a shot that goes slightly wide.

Zielnsky's shot from outside the box to the goalkeeper's spot.

Shoe shot by Elmas to the goalkeeper's location.

Zielinsky with a shot from outside the area that goes wide.

Lozano and Fabián Ruiz leave

Elmas and Demme come in

Napoli changes

Mancini heads Mancini's precise cross into the side netting.

Lorenzo Insigne is now yellow-carded.

A collision in the area and Lozano falls in the area, but the Mexican reacts badly and is cautioned.

Abraham did not measure it well when he was alone and shot into the goalkeeper's hands.

Osimhen up at the far post for a shot that goes high.

Nicola Zalewski's shot goes high.

Alessandro Zanoli is cautioned by Napoli.

Osimhen's shot is deflected by the defender and the ball ends up in the corner.

Roma make a change in order to tie the game.

Bryan Cristante is replaced by Henrij Mjitaryán.

Second half kicks off between Napoli and Roma in Serie A.

Napoli 1-0 Roma.

Nicola Zalewski opens up space inside the box and makes the cut back for a shot that the keeper keeps out.

Three more minutes are added on at the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona.

Hirving Lozano's cross from the right flank is cut out by the defense inside the six-yard box.

Abraham's header goes over the goal from a corner kick.

A set-piece that Cristante finishes off and the ball crashes against the horizontal.

Serie A 🇮🇹
Gol de Napoli
Lorenzo Insigne ⚽🇮🇹

pic.twitter.com/4raVGmojbj — FutbolGol12 (@Gol12Futbol) April 18, 2022

One more foul on Lozano, remembering that he was the one who was fouled for the penalty.

Hirving Lozano tried to break through but the defense read his pass and intercepted it.

Roma's Bryan Cristante has received a yellow card.

Napoli Goal

After the penalty was called, Lorenzo Insigne took it perfectly to make it 1-0.

Start the gane between Napoli and Roma

Good news for Mexican Hirving Lozano, who returns to the starting lineup for this game, highlighting that there is already talk of a possible exit in the summer market. Let's wait and see.

77 Henrikh Mkhitaryan

37 Leonardo Spinazzola

52 Edoardo Bove

87 Daniel Fuzato

14 Eldor Shomurodov

15 Ainsley Maitland-Niles

11 Carles Perez

5 Matías Viña

17 Jordan Veretout

92 Stephan El Shaarawy

64 Felix Afena-Gyan

24 Marash Kumbulla

20 Piotr Zielinski

3 Axel Tuanzebe

7 Eljif Elmas

37 Andrea Petagna

4 Diego Demme

14 Dries Mertens

5 Juan Jesus

16 Hubert Dawid Idasiak

12 Davide Marfella

21 Matteo Politano

33 Adam Ounas

31 Faouzi Ghoulam

1 Rui Patrício, 6 Chris Smalling, 3 Ibañez, 23 Gianluca Mancini, 4 Bryan Cristante, 27 Sérgio Oliveira, 7 Lorenzo Pellegrini, 59 Nicola Zalewski, 2 Rick Karsdorp, 9 Tammy Abraham, 22 Nicolò Zaniolo.

1 Alex Meret, 26 Kalidou Koulibaly, 13 Amir Rrahmani, 6 Mário Rui, 59 Alessandro Zanoli, 68 Stanislav Lobotka, 8 Fabián Ruiz, 99 André-Frank Zambo Anguissa, 9 Victor Osimhen, 24 Lorenzo Insigne, 11 Hirving Lozano.

Roma took the time upon their arrival to reconnoiter the pitch where they will be looking for one more Serie A victory on Monday.

FORZA ROMA! 💪#NapoliRoma pic.twitter.com/zVmJy1gBT0

— AS Roma (@OfficialASRoma) April 18, 2022

Taking advantage of the game against Roma, Napoli recalled some of the best goals that could have been scored against them:

🔝 ¡GOLAZOS 🆚 ROMA! ⚽️🔥

🇦🇷 @PochoLavezzi
🇺🇾 @ECavaniOfficial
🇨🇴 @camilozuniga18
🇪🇸 @FabianRP52 #ForzaNapoliSempre 💙 pic.twitter.com/1njDuZsucN

— Oficial SSC Napoli (@sscnapoliES) April 18, 2022

While Roma have lost only one of their last 11 games in any competition, either in the league or in the Conference League where they qualified for the semifinals; they are coming off a 2-1 win over Salernitana.

Napoli had been on a run of three straight wins until last week when they were stunned on the road and lost 3-2 to current Coppa Italia semifinalists Fiorentina.

Napoli needs an urgent victory to get closer to the leaders in Serie A when they host Roma. We begin with VAVEL's coverage of the match.

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This is the start time of the game Napoli vs Roma of April 18th in several countries:

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Roma have now failed to win four games in a row, with three defeats and only one draw, and in their most recent visit they suffered a painful four-goal thrashing.

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Portuguese goalkeeper Rui Patrício has been of utmost importance, who with his saves has allowed José Mourinho's team to rescue some important points to remain in the top 5 in the regular season.

Hirving Lozano has been highly criticized by the Italian press, whose performance has not been at the level expected, however, in the final stretch of the campaign he could vindicate himself and help his team fight for the Serie A title.

1 Rui Patrício, 6 Chris Smalling, 3 Ibañez, 24 Marash Kumbulla, 27 Sérgio Oliveira, 4 Bryan Cristante, 92 Stephan El Shaarawy, 2 Rick Karsdorp, 9 Tammy Abraham, 64 Felix Afena-Gyan, 77 Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

25 David Ospina, 26 Kalidou Koulibaly, 13 Amir Rrahmani, 6 Mário Rui, 59 Alessandro Zanoli, 68 Stanislav Lobotka, 20 Piotr Zielinski, 8 Fabian Ruiz, 9 Victor Osimhen, 24 Lorenzo Insigne, 21 Matteo Politano.

While Roma is in fifth place and wants to keep this position and try to get closer to Juventus for Champions League places, La Loba comes with a lot of confidence after beating Bodo/Glimt in the Conference League and getting into the semifinal round, showing the face of Italian soccer.

After surprisingly losing 3-2 at home to Fiorentina and dropping to third place in the overall standings, Napoli needs to get the win or else it will complicate its title aspirations as the Serie A season is already on its final stretch.

Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti warned of Roma's dangerous nature, but said they will have to be wary of their overflowing players:

"Roma is a difficult test for us, but we are also a threat to them. We will have to be careful and pay attention in every department of the field", he said.

The Napoli vs Roma match will be played at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, in Napoli, Italy. The kick-off is scheduled at 1:00 pm ET.

My name is Adrian Hernandez and I will be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, roster updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.