Overview
- Verona stunned the hosts with Martin Frese’s backheel and a Gift Orban penalty awarded after a Buongiorno handball review.
- Napoli hit back after the break through a Scott McTominay header on 54 minutes and Giovanni Di Lorenzo’s 82nd-minute finish from a Marianucci delivery.
- Two Napoli goals were ruled out following checks, including a Rasmus Hojlund strike for handball, and Verona nearly stole it late through Giovane.
- The draw halts Napoli’s four-match winning run and leaves them third on 38 points, while Verona climb to 13 and move off the bottom.
- Antonio Conte criticized the subjectivity of VAR decisions while noting selection constraints, with Neres sidelined by an ankle sprain, Lukaku out for January, and Lucca reportedly close to Benfica ahead of Sunday’s trip to Inter.