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Napoli thrashes Palermo in Coppa Italia
Napoli convincingly defeated Palermo 6-0 in the second round of the Coppa Italia, in a match played on Wednesday at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in Naples.
The home side dominated the encounter from start to finish, enjoying 65% possession and registering 15 shots, 7 of them on target. Palermo, on the other hand, could barely create any danger, managing only 1 shot on goal throughout the entire match.
Napoli’s goals came in the 7th and 12th minutes from C. Ngonge, who benefited from assists from G. Raspadori and S. Lobotka. Juan Jesus extended the lead in the 42nd minute, with an assist from David Neres, and David Neres scored the fourth in the 70th minute, assisted by G. Simeone.
A. Vasic’s red card in the 59th minute left Palermo with one man less, making Napoli’s task even easier.
R. Lukaku and S. McTominay completed the scoring in the 77th and 78th minutes, while R. Marin received a yellow card in the 86th minute.
Napoli, demonstrating their superiority in all aspects of the game, qualified for the next round of the Coppa Italia with a comfortable victory.
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Substitutions napoli: at minute 57 A. Zerbin came in and C. Ngonge went out., at minute 57 F. Anguissa came in and S. Lobotka went out., at minute 76 R. Lukaku came in and G. Simeone went out., at minute 76 K. Kvaratskhelia came in and David Neres went out., at minute 77 S. McTominay came in and G. Raspadori went out.
Substitutions palermo: at minute 63 R. Insigne came in and J. Le Douaron went out., at minute 63 C. Gomes came in and F. Ranocchia went out., at minute 72 F. Lucioni came in and R. Baniya went out., at minute 72 J. Segre came in and D. Saric went out., at minute 84 N. Pierozzi came in and K. Lund went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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