Roma 4-4 Napoli: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 20 October 2007
Result
Roma 4-4 Napoli
Serie A · Saturday 20 October 2007, 16:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Roma 4-4 Napoli: match report
Roma drew with Napoli 4-4 in Serie A on Saturday 20 October 2007. The half-time score was 2-1.
Ezequiel Lavezzi opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Roma's goals came from Francesco Totti (30', penalty), Simone Perrotta (42'), Daniele De Rossi (52') and David Pizarro (80'). Napoli scored through Ezequiel Lavezzi (2'), Marek Hamsik (46'), W. Gargano (64') and Marcelo Zalayeta (84').
Discipline: Roma received 2 yellow cards; Napoli received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Roma were 3rd on 14 points from 7 and Napoli 9th on 10 points from 7. Roma went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Napoli 8th with 50.
Roma lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Napoli in a 3-5-2.
Going into the match Roma's last five read W-L-D-D-W and Napoli's L-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Ezequiel Lavezzi
- 29'Yellow card · Ezequiel Lavezzi
- 30'Penalty goal · Francesco Totti
- 42'Goal · Simone Perrotta
- 46'Goal · Marek Hamsik
- 52'Goal · Daniele De Rossi
- 53'Yellow card · Matteo Ferrari
- 58'Yellow card · Andrea Cupi
- 59'Yellow card · Marek Hamsik
- 62'Yellow card · Daniele De Rossi
- 64'Goal · W. Gargano
- 80'Goal · David Pizarro
- 84'Goal · Marcelo Zalayeta
Team news
Roma line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gianluca Curci, Cicinho, Philippe Mexès, Matteo Ferrari, Max Tonetto, David Pizarro, Ludovic Giuly, Daniele De Rossi, Simone Perrotta, Mancini, Francesco Totti
Napoli line-up (3-5-2)
Gennaro Iezzo, György Garics, Andrea Cupi, Mirko Savini, Maurizio Domizzi, Paolo Cannavaro, Marek Hamšík, Walter Gargano, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Marcelo Zalayeta, Manuele Blasi