Mario Rui (Napoli) serves up a nice cross, but the defence clears the danger.
90+2'
Mario Rui (Napoli) sends a cross into the box, but the opposition's defence clears the ball to safety.
90+1'
Сhange
Aurelio Andreazzoli has decided to make a change. Luca Antonelli (Empoli) replaces Marko Pajac.
90'
Info
4 min. of stoppage-time to be played.
88'
Francesco Caputo (Empoli) is penalised for a foul. Daniele Doveri had a clear view and blows his whistle.
84'
Allan (Napoli) does his best to latch onto a cross into the box, but he can't get to the ball.
82'
A pass from Mario Rui (Napoli) is intercepted by Ivan Provedel and the move breaks down.
81'
Diego Farias (Empoli) breaks into the box and goes over after a challenge from an opposition player, but the ref signals NO penalty!
75'
Сhange
Substitution. Kevin Malcuit leaves the pitch and is replaced by Simone Verdi (Napoli).
75'
Corner Kick
Ismael Bennacer (Empoli) steps up to take the corner. He launches the ball into the penalty area, but it only finds the head of an opposing player who clears the danger.
71'
Francesco Caputo (Empoli) gets on the ball and beats an opponent, but his run is stopped by the referee Daniele Doveri who sees an offensive foul.
68'
Corner Kick
Dries Mertens (Napoli) launches the ball from the resulting corner, but one of the defenders is first to the ball and deals with the threat.
67'
Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) receives a slide-rule pass inside the box and has just the keeper to beat. His shot towards the right side of the goal lacks power and Ivan Provedel easily makes the save. Napoli have a corner.
65'
Domenico Maietta (Empoli) wastes a big chance! He unleashes a shot from the edge of the box and it goes narrowly over the crossbar.
65'
Marko Pajac (Empoli) delivers a lovely cross into the penalty area. Nevertheless, an opposition defender is alert and averts the danger with a brilliant clearance.
64'
Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) watches the ball all the way and fires a first-time shot goalwards from inside the box, but the effort flies just wide of the right post.
63'
Francesco Caputo (Empoli) is unable to get a good contact on the ball from the corner and heads it well wide of the left post from close range.
62'
Corner Kick
Empoli force their opponents to concede a corner.
61'
Corner Kick
The corner kick from Dries Mertens (Napoli) is headed out of the penalty area by one of the defenders.
61'
Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) whips the ball in, but it fails to reach any of his teammates as the opposition's defence averts the threat. Napoli get a corner.
60'
Yellow Card
Yellow card! It's like Marko Pajac (Empoli) was asking for a caution with his behaviour. Daniele Doveri agrees and books him.
59'
Corner Kick
Ismael Bennacer (Empoli) swings in the corner, but it's comfortably cleared away.
58'
Francesco Caputo (Empoli) sends a pass into the box, but his attempt is thwarted and cleared. Empoli will take a corner kick.
58'
Corner Kick
Ismael Bennacer (Empoli) decides to speed play up with a short corner kick.
57'
Сhange
A substitution has been made. Amin Younes goes off and Fabian Ruiz (Napoli) comes on.
56'
Сhange
Carlo Ancelotti has decided to introduce fresh legs, with Dries Mertens (Napoli) replacing Adam Ounas.
52'
Gooool!
Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Empoli) outjumps the defenders inside the six-yard box to meet the corner and scores with a header into the middle of the goal. The keeper had no chance to react. The score is now 2:1.
52'
Corner Kick
The linesman points to the corner flag, Empoli are going to take it.
51'
A defence-splitting pass is taken in his stride by Francesco Caputo (Empoli) in the box. Without even looking up he drills a shot towards the left side of the goal, but Alex Meret pulls off a brilliant save. Empoli win a corner.
49'
Yellow Card
Daniele Doveri shows a yellow card to Hamed Traore (Empoli) for a tough tackle.
48'
Corner Kick
Hamed Traore (Empoli) launches an inaccurate corner kick into the penalty area.
47'
Marko Pajac (Empoli) latches on to a precise defence-splitting pass and fires a nice strike from a promising distance towards the left post. Alex Meret has a clear sight of it and makes a comfortable save. The ball goes out for a corner. Empoli can continue in their attacking effort.
47'
Yellow Card
The expression of the referee Daniele Doveri is crystal clear. This behaviour won't be tolerated. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) is shown a yellow card.
45'
Whistle
The game restarts for the second half.
45+3'
Whistle
That is it for the first half after the referee blows his whistle and the players head to their respective dressing rooms.
45+2'
Adam Ounas (Napoli) goes for goal but he directs his effort just wide of the left post.
45+2'
A fine lofted pass into the box, sent by Mario Rui (Napoli), is intercepted by the opposition's defence.
45'
Info
The fourth official shows 3 min. of added time.
43'
Gooool!
What a beautiful moment! Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) got to the ball and unleashed a strong shot from distance. It turned out to be a good decision as his effort found its way into the top of the net. Ivan Provedel just shakes his head in disbelief. The score changes to 1:1.
43'
Kevin Malcuit (Napoli) produces a lovely ball into the penalty area but the defender manages to intercept and comfortably averts the danger. The ball has crossed the sideline. Napoli are taking a throw-in.
40'
Сhange
Aurelio Andreazzoli is forced to make a change. Rade Krunic is unable to continue due to injury, Matteo Brighi (Empoli) comes on.
39'
Mario Rui (Napoli) sends a cross into the box. However, the opponent's defence eliminates the danger by clearing the ball out.
34'
Rade Krunic (Empoli) is clearly asking for some medical attention with his painful gestures. The extent of his injury is yet to be discovered.
32'
Yellow Card
Daniele Doveri shows the yellow card to Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) for a heavy challenge.
32'
Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) darts into the penalty area to latch on to a pass, and he unleashes a shot towards the middle of the net, but Ivan Provedel is alert and denies him.
28'
Gooool!
It's in the back of the net! Diego Farias (Empoli) tries his luck from the edge of the box and his shot takes a deflection and goes past the stranded Alex Meret. He makes it 1:0.
25'
Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) misses a promising opportunity! He rises for a cross and unleashes a poor header from near the penalty spot. The ball floats high over the crossbar!
24'
A cross from Amin Younes (Napoli) fails to reach the box as the defence clears the ball away to safety.
22'
Kevin Malcuit (Napoli) goes down under a challenge in the box, but the ref immediately waves away the appeals from all players.
21'
> peeled away from his marker and got on the end of a cross inside the box. He attempted to head the ball towards the middle of the goal, but the keeper made a block.
20'
Francesco Caputo (Empoli) gets to the ball in the penalty box and immediately fires a first-time effort. He didn't hit the ball properly and skies it high over the crossbar.
17'
Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Empoli) whips a promising cross into the box, but the opposition's defence intercepts the ball.
16'
Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) decides to strike the ball towards goal, but his effort fails to threaten the goalkeeper after being well blocked by one of the defenders.
16'
Marko Pajac (Empoli) flights in the cross, but the defender is alert and clears to safety.
12'
Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) meets a cross inside the box, but Ivan Provedel wins the battle for the ball and the chance is gone.
10'
Mario Rui (Napoli) times his run too early and the linesman raises his flag for offside.
9'
Hamed Traore (Empoli) delivers a fine lofted cross into the penalty area, but it's cleared by an opposing player.
8'
The game is interrupted. Allan (Napoli) has violated the rules in the battle for the ball. No protests or gestures are being made as he is quite aware of what he did.
7'
Corner Kick
Empoli didn't take advantage of the corner and score as the opposition's defence was alert and averted the threat.
7'
Francesco Caputo (Empoli) misses a good chance to score. An inch-perfect cross into the box finds Francesco Caputo (Empoli) who rises for a header, but sends the ball well over the bar. Now Empoli have a corner.
6'
Corner Kick
None of the Empoli players could reach the corner kick as the ball was overhit and goes out of play.
4'
A run and shot from the edge of the box by Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) causes Ivan Provedel little worry as it's towards the middle of the goal. Easy save.
2'
Mario Rui (Napoli) crosses the ball into the box, but one of the defending players averts the threat.
Whistle
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Daniele Doveri is introduced as the referee for today's match.