Serie A 2024–25: Napoli’s Winless Streak Reaches Four Matches With 1-2 Loss Against Promoted Como

Mumbai, February 24: Napoli's winless streak reached four matches with a 2-1 loss at promoted Como in the Italian league. Amir Rrahmani set the tone of the match for Napoli with an own-goal seven minutes in. Giacomo Raspadori equalized for Napoli 10 minutes later but 19-year-old Spanish winger Assane Diao won it for Como after being set up by Nico Paz late in the second half. Udinese Forward Lorenzo Lucca Gets Substituted After Scoring Penalty Against Lecce in Serie A 2024-25 Match Following His Rift With Teammates (Watch Video).

Antonio Conte's Napoli had a chance to reclaim the Serie A lead from defending champion Inter Milan, which moved ahead by beating Genoa on Saturday, but will instead be in second for a matchup with Inter next weekend.

Napoli had drawn its three previous matches. Cesc Fabregas' Como moved up to 13th.

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Third-placed Atalanta bounced back from a Champions League exit with a 5-0 rout at Empoli that was helped by a brace from Ademola Lookman. Mateo Retegui and Davide Zappacosta also scored for Atalanta, which took the lead with an own-goal from Emmanuel Gyasi. Atalanta moved within three points of the top of the league. Cagliari 0-1 Juventus, Serie A 2024-25: Dusan Vlahovic’s Lone Goal Sends Former Champions in Top-4 of League Standings.

Fourth-placed Juventus won 1-0 at Cagliari with an early goal from Dusan Vlahovic after it, too, was eliminated from the Champions League. Also, Hellas Verona beat Fiorentina 1-0 with a goal five minutes into second-half injury time from Antoine Bernede. Fiorentina striker Moise Kean was diagnosed with a head injury after collapsing on the field during the second half.

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