Napoli's Serie A season began in calamitous fashion on Sunday as they were thrashed 3-0 by Verona, also losing star winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia to injury.
2024/2025 Serie A
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Match Report
Conte oversees humiliating loss on Partenopei bow.
Antonio Conte, overseeing his first league game in charge of the 2023 Scudetto winners, was forced to withdraw Kvaratskhelia just before half-time after the Georgian collided with Pawel Dawidowicz.
Napoli's problems mounted after the break when Dailon Livramento got in front of their defence to slot home from close range and give the hosts the lead.
The nightmare continued for Napoli after 75 minutes as substitute Daniel Mosquera received a throughball and calmly slotted his finish past Alex Meret.
With Napoli throwing men forward late on, Verona added some gloss to the scoreline as Mosquera claimed his brace, tapping home a cutback from Darko Lazovic for his brace.
Data Debrief: Conte's perfect record ends
After a dismal 2023-24 season that saw Napoli, as defending champions, go through three head coaches and finish 10th in Serie A, hopes were high that Conte's arrival would herald an instant upturn.
However, the Partenopei were stunned in his first league game at the helm, as he started a season as a Serie A manager with a defeat for the very first time.
He had previously registered five wins and one draw on matchday one in the competition.
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50' GOAL! Verona 1-0 Napoli (Dailon Rocha Livramento)
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75' GOAL! Verona 2-0 Napoli (Daniel Mosquera)
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Line-ups
Verona XI: Lazovic, Duda, Lorenzo Montipò, Dawidowicz, Grigoris Kastanos, Serdar, Martin Frese, Casper Tengstedt, Jackson Tchatchoua, Diego Coppola, Dailon Rocha Livramento
Subs: Faraoni, A. Berardi, Simone Perilli, Giangiacomo Magnani, Abdou Harroui, Elayis Tavsan, Daniel Mosquera, Tomas Suslov, Dani Silva, Stefan Mitrović, Yllan Okou, Reda Belahyane, Alphadjo Cissè, Christian Corradi, Daniele·Ghilardi
Napoli XI: Juan, Spinazzola, Di Lorenzo, Lobotka, Politano, Rrahmani, G.Simeone, Meret, Pasquale Mazzocchi, Anguissa, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Subs: Nikita Contini, M.Olivera, Giacomo Raspadori, Francesco Mezzoni, Cyril Ngonge, Elia Caprile, Rafa Marín, Walid Cheddira, Gennaro Iaccarino, Coli Saco