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Lorenzo Insigne and Jose Callejon gave Napoli a 2-0 advantage over FC Zurich in the UEFA Europa League Round of 32.
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For Carlo Ancelotti's first participation in the tournament, Partenopei moved from the UEFA Champions League to the Europa League, but Dries Mertens was not in good shape and stayed in the stands. Mario Rui, Raul Albiol and Simone Verdi were injured. Marek Hamsik completed his transfer to Dalian Yifang earlier in the day, but Ancelotti confirmed the importance of this competition by lining up an almost complete team. FC Zurich missed Izer Aliu, Pa Modou and Kevin Ruegg, but launched Joel Untersee, who arrived in January on loan from Juventus via Empoli.
There was tension before the match with a group of Napoli supporters attacked in the city, and in the first minutes of play, Faouzi Ghoulam could not take a corner because he was piqued with lighters.
Napoli quickly dominated the possession of the ball and took the lead when Arkadiusz Milik jumped on a bad pbad and, worse, on the first contact with the goalkeeper, who escaped the goal for Lorenzo Insigne. This was the first goal outside Partenopei in all competitions since December, a four-game series.
Stephen Odey and Benjamin Kololli failed to make the most of the defensive errors, while Brecher flew to save the Insigne curler at their fingertips.
Jose Callejon doubled his lead, with Insigne completely missing Kevin Malcuit's center on the right, but the Spaniard was right behind him to clinch the decisive goal.
Piotr Zielinski's head on Ghoulam's center whistled away from the far post, and Milik's striker at distance stung Brecher's gloves.
Zurich 0-2 Napoli (Half Time)
Badge 11 (N), Callejon 21 (N)
FC Zurich: Brecher; Nef, Bangura, Maksø; Untersee, H. Kryeziu, Domgjoni, Kharabadze; Winter, Odey, Kololli
Naples: Meret; Malcuit, Maksimovic, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Callejon, Allan, Fabian, Zielinski; Badge, Milik
Ref: Mazic (SRB)
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