Napoli's problems continue in tense 0-0 draw with Genoa
Napoli's problems continued when they were held to a 0-0 at home by Genoa in a tense atmosphere and jeered off the field on Saturday following a tumultuous week at the Serie A club.
The San Paolo stadium was barely one third full on a damp evening after a week in which the team defied orders from club owner Aurelio De Laurentiis confining them to a training retreat.
Players were greeted with insults as they warmed up on the pitch and there was near silence when the stadium announcer read out the Napoli line-up before the game.
Lorenzo Insigne thought he had put Napoli ahead after two minutes but Hirving Lozano was ruled offside in the build-up. After that, it was a lacklustre display from Napoli which further angered their supporters.
Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly prevented it from being worse for the hosts with a miraculous clearance off the line from Andrea Pinamonti's point-blank shot in the second-half.
Napoli, runners-up in three of the last four seasons, stayed seventh on 19 points, 12 behind leaders Inter Milan.
Game Information
Italian Serie A Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internazionale | 32 | 26 | 5 | 1 | +60 | 83 |
AC Milan | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | +26 | 69 |
Juventus | 33 | 18 | 10 | 5 | +21 | 64 |
Bologna | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | +20 | 59 |
AS Roma | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | +21 | 55 |
Lazio | 33 | 16 | 4 | 13 | +7 | 52 |
Atalanta | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | +21 | 51 |
Napoli | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | +10 | 49 |
Torino | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | +2 | 45 |
Fiorentina | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | +7 | 44 |
Monza | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | -7 | 43 |
Genoa | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | -5 | 39 |
Lecce | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | -21 | 32 |
Cagliari | 33 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -20 | 32 |
Udinese | 31 | 4 | 16 | 11 | -17 | 28 |
Hellas Verona | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -14 | 28 |
Empoli | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -23 | 28 |
Frosinone | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -23 | 27 |
Sassuolo | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -23 | 26 |
Salernitana | 32 | 2 | 9 | 21 | -42 | 15 |