ChievoVerona 2-1 Napoli: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 18 January 2009
Result
ChievoVerona 2-1 Napoli
Serie A · Sunday 18 January 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
ChievoVerona 2-1 Napoli: match report
ChievoVerona defeated Napoli 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 18 January 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
Michele Marcolini opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. ChievoVerona's goals came from Michele Marcolini (32', penalty) and Michele Marcolini (74', penalty). Napoli scored through Ezequiel Lavezzi (53').
Discipline: ChievoVerona received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Napoli received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game ChievoVerona were 20th on 10 points from 18 and Napoli 4th on 33 points from 18. ChievoVerona went on to finish that season 16th with 38 points, and Napoli 12th with 46.
Going into the match ChievoVerona's last five read D-L-L-L-W and Napoli's W-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 31'Yellow card · M. Contini
- 32'Penalty goal · Michele Marcolini
- 41'Yellow card · Luciano
- 50'Yellow card · Luca Rigoni
- 53'Goal · Ezequiel Lavezzi
- 54'Red card · Marek Hamsik
- 59'Yellow card · Manuele Blasi
- 60'Yellow card · Leandro Rinaudo
- 65'Yellow card · Giampiero Pinzi
- 67'Yellow card · Santiago Morero
- 71'Second yellow · Santiago Morero
- 74'Penalty goal · Michele Marcolini
- 83'Yellow card · Ezequiel Lavezzi
- 90'Yellow card · Paolo Cannavaro
Team news
ChievoVerona line-up
Stefano Sorrentino, Santiago Morero, Francesco Scardina, Nicolas Frey, Luciano, Giampiero Pinzi, Mauro Esposito, Sergio Pellissier, Michele Marcolini, Luca Rigoni, Mario Yepes Díaz
Napoli line-up
Matteo Gianello, Luigi Vitale, Paolo Cannavaro, Leandro Rinaudo, Marek Hamšík, Walter Gargano, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Germán Denis, Manuele Blasi, Christian Maggio, Matteo Contini