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19 October 2019 At San Paolo Napoli finds the victory by beating a decent Verona 2-0. The Neapolitans look for the three points to go up in a rather deficient ranking. Ancelotti applies a moderate turn over, Insigne forwards with Milik, in midfield space for Younes with Zielinski from the bench. Juric chooses Pessina and Zaccagni behind Stepinski, in midfield Amrabat paired with Veol.

The Verona begins without awe and presses with order on the attempts of advance of the Neapolitans. At 13 'Di Lorenzo engages Silvestri head on. Brilliant Scala action at 19 ': fulminating counterattack and Meret is forced to a triple save, first blocking Lazovic, then Pessina and finally Zaccagni. Immediately after the goalkeeper must block a powerful conclusion by Lazovic. The hosts seem almost dazed and at 23 'Kumbulla head sends it just above the crossbar. At half an hour they try to answer Di Lorenzo and Callejon, but the conclusions are out of proportion. Napoli wakes up and at 37 'Callejon serves Ruiz who puts her in the middle for the onrushing Milik. The Polish does not forgive and is advantage Naples. The first half final is all branded blue: big beating of Koulibaly who fails to penetrate the Scala defense, then two attempts by Younes and Fabian before going to rest.

In the second half, good Napoli talks: Insigne engages Silvestri, also called into question in the 53rd minute by Fabian. The Verona goalkeeper saves himself with his fists, but the goal is in the air. At 67 'Insigne strong free kick at the near post, Milik acrobatically anticipates Rrahmani and scores a personal double. Verona tries to react, but the game is now in the hands of Napoli. At 76 'there is also room for Mertens who takes over Insigne. Scaliger attempt with Marash impacting a corner kick, a nice header, but the ball is just wide beyond the right post. At 81 'Llorente enters instead of Milik. At 83 'the two newcomers make Verona tremble: Silvestri's big parade on Llorente, Mertens tap in which hits the post in full. Some final effort of the guests (nice Rrahmani header just outside) but the result does not change anymore.