Stoppage time is lore! The Serie A champions are winless at home for five games and are eight points behind the top of the table, with the coach about to step down
In a key match in the 12th round of Serie A that ended on the evening of November 12, Beijing time, last season's league champion Napoli was upset 0-1 by Empoli at home, and the standings were thrown away by Juventus and Inter Milan after five rounds of winless home games, and the hope of defending the title gradually became dim.
This season, Napoli have not had a great start. They have failed to win four home games in the league before. In this game, facing Empoli in the relegation zone, Napoli still did not find the rhythm to win at home. In the 27th minute, Simeone Jr. scored in a scramble battle, but the offside goal was invalidated.
In the 29th minute, Empoli almost scored against the hosts, and Ranocchia fired a shot from inside the box, but the ball was slightly wide of the goal.
After a long period of attack, in the 53rd minute, Napoli coach Garcia chose to make a substitution, and the two major attackers Kvaratskhelia and Zielinski came on.
In the 75th minute, Sweden international Lindström shot from distance, and the ball was saved by the Empoli goalkeeper.
In the 78th minute, Kvaratskhelia shot hard from a tight angle, and the ball was saved again.
In the 89th minute, Kvaratskhelia had a great chance in the box, but the shot was again brilliantly blocked by Berisha.
After a long period of inaccessibility, Naples was also punished. In the first minute of stoppage time, Kovalenko scored in stoppage time to help Empoli beat Napoli and get the crucial three points of relegation.
After winning this game, Empoli points reached 10 points and successfully jumped out of the relegation zone. Napoli still has 21 points and is still in fourth place, but it has been opened up by Juventus at the top of the table by 8 points, and if Inter Milan wins at home in this round, Inter will be 10 points ahead of Napoli, and the difficulty of defending the title will increase sharply.
And from the well-known journalist Schira revealed that after Empoli's lore, Napoli president De Laurentiis immediately got up and left angrily. Napoli are considering the position of Rudi Garcia after a poor record with the team, and the French coach could be sacked. Previously, Garcia had been dismissed from class in Riyadh Victory because of his poor relationship with Ronaldo, and after returning to Serie A, he may still be unable to escape the fate of class.