Crystal Palace and Napoli met on Turkish soil. Friendly match saw triumph for the Neapolitans 3 to 1, who seem to have not lost the pace shown so far during the season.
Spalletti's boys now already have their heads on the friendly match against Villareal on 17 December, which will be the last friendly match before the restart of Seria A.
Here are the highlights of the match between Crystal Palace and Napoli.
Broad summary Crystal Palace – Naples 1-3
Below is the extensive summary of Crystal Palace – Napoli, a friendly match which ended with the result of 1-3.
Crystal Palace – Napoli 1-1: first half summary
The match begins under incessant rain, which makes the synthetic ground extremely slippery and the ball difficult to control.
The pitch conditions put Napoli in difficulty, who risk a corner kick in the 18th minute and suffer a dangerous counterattack at the 22th minute. On both occasions, the players of the blue team slipped several times and had difficulties with the ground.
The Crystal Palace dominates and, in fact, at the 33th minute comes the goal of the English, who score with Zaha. Quite trivial goal and the result of too fearful behavior of the blue defense.
First chance and first goal for Napoli at the 35th minute. osimhen, in the centre, receives the ball from the right wing, first controls it and then loses it. Crystal Palace defense makes a mess, osimhen he takes advantage of it and puts the ball into the net.
The first half ended one-on-one. For now the match has been decided exclusively by the conditions of the field.
Crystal Palace – Napoli 1-3: second half summary
The second half begins with five changes for Napoli. Exit Jesus, By Lorenzo, Lobotka, kvaratskhelia e osimhen and enter Barba, Breakers, Simeone, Zanoli and Gaetano.
Napoli begins to gain confidence on the ground and this is clearly noticeable on the pitch. At the 60thIndeed, Ostigard tries with a cannon shot from a distance, but the English goalkeeper makes a great save.
È Breakers, 5 minutes after, to give Napoli the lead. A stubborn Gaetano controls the ball from midfield and serves it on the frontline Breakers, who bags the ball from distance.
At the 72th minute card for the English: Eze gets a yellow card.
In the 81st minute, Zanoli makes a big run down the right wing and serves the ball into the center of the opponent's area. Breakers he intercepts it and shoots it, where the English goalkeeper plays. The ball goes into the net.
The match ends with a 3-1 victory for Napoli.
