Montipò surrenders to Kvaratskhelia: Napoli overturns Verona in eight minutes
Napoli-Hellas Verona 2-1
The 3 p.m. Sunday match of the 23rd day of Serie A ended with a comeback victory for Napoli, which beat Hellas Verona 2-1. The Scaligeri went ahead through Coppola, but a terrible one-two by the Azzurri, signed Ngonge and Kvaratskhelia, gave the three points to Mazzarri’s men.
The hosts started strongly right away: on 10’ Kvaratskhelia engaged Montipò with a nice left-handed diagonal. Three minutes later the guests’ goalkeeper overcomes himself on a flying shot by the Georgian striker. The Azzurri dominated but failed to break the deadlock: in the final, Rrahmani tried from a corner but his header ended wide.
At the start of the second half, triple chances for the Scaligeri: at 47' Coppola finds the outside deflection on a Duda free-kick but his attempt ends wide; two minutes later Lazovic engages Gollini with a nice right-footed shot from the edge; at 50' Cabal takes a header from a corner but misses the goal by a little. On 55' Simeone kicks a shot from two steps but bumps into an outstanding Montipò. At 72' the guests took the lead with Coppola’s winning deflection off Suslov’s free kick. Napoli's reaction forò è was immediate: at 79' Ngonge evened the score with an easy turn on Lindstrom's kissing assist; eight minutes later Kvaratskhelia overturned the result with a pearl from 25 yards, which went in at the crossroads of the posts, fixing the result at the final 2-1.
Napoli climbs to seventh place in the standings, at 35, while Hellas Verona remains stuck at 18, in eighteenth place.
