- Zambo Anguissa scored his first goal of the season late on to secure a win against Parma
- The result makes it back-to-back wins for Antonio Conte as he starts a new era
Romelu Lukaku scored on his debut for Napoli while David Neres assisted the stoppage-time winner from Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa winner to ensure a great comeback win for Napoli against 10-man Parma.
Napoli endured a slow start to this season, losing at Verona but the win against Bologna lifted the atmosphere and believe.
Fabio Pecchia’s side were unbeaten coming into the game after holding Fiorentina and defeating AC Milan.
Though Parma looked more dangerous in the opening moments, it was not the start they dreamed of personnel wise as they lost Emanuele Valeri after just seven minutes to a suspected adductor strain.
Despite the injury blow, they came so close to opening the scoring, as first Mateusz Kowalski’s header hit the underside of the bar, then the move continued and Ange-Yoan Bonny’s strike from the edge of the area thumped the upright.
The Ducali got their breakthrough, as after Simon Sohm made a strong run from midfield, he was crowded out and Bonny got to the loose ball before Alex Meret for a penalty. Bonny converted it himself to give Parma the shock lead.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia volley and Adrian Bernabé ce close for the Partenopei but couldn’t level.
Napoli came charging forward in the second segment after Antonio Conte gave Romelu Lukaku his debut, but Alessandro Buongiorno was unlucky not to equalise when firing onto the underside of the crossbar from a free kick.
The clasg took a different twist when Zion Suzuki came rushing out to clear and clattered into David Neres. He insisted that he got the ball first, but it was a second yellow card – the first had been for time-wasting – so VAR could not have intervened if it had wanted to. To make matters worse, Parma had made their fourth and fifth substitutions moments earlier, so could not bring on another goalkeeper, giving the gloves to Delprato.
The referee awarded a Napoli penalty at the 88th minute when Pontus Almqvist and Giovanni Simeone both went for the ball at the same time and the Argentine went down. Lukaku already had the ball in his hands when the referee was called back to the VAR screen, shown that Almqvist had got his toe to it first. He converted it for his first goal in Napoli colours.
There were 11 minutes of added time and Napoli made the most of them against 10 men, as a corner kick was cleared as fa as David Neres for a cross finding the towering header of Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa.
The game ended 2-1 to mark a second consecutive win for the 2023 Serie A champions who move up to fourth now with six points from a possible 12.
Zambo will return home this Monday to focus on Cameroon’s next two Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier matches against Namibia and Zimbabwe within the next nine days.
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