Napoli fall at Torino without injured McTominay, Hojlund

Napoli were sunk 1-0 astatine Torino by aged lad Giovanni Simeone connected Saturday arsenic they struggled without the injured Rasmus Hojlund and Scott McTominay, who whitethorn besides some miss retired connected a Champions League clash astatine PSV Eindhoven.

Simeone, who helped Napoli triumph Serie A successful 2023 and past season, netted the lone extremity successful the 32nd infinitesimal of a tense crippled successful Turin which gives Roma the accidental to spell retired connected their ain astatine the apical of the league.

The 30-year-old besides scored the victor successful Torino’s 1-0 location triumph implicit Roma successful September and helium took his 3rd extremity of the play brilliantly, capitalising connected a fortunate ricochet to skip past Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Napoli goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic and sprout home.

Noa Lang thought helium had snatched a constituent for champions Napoli successful the 3rd infinitesimal of stoppage time, wheeling distant successful delight aft tapping location earlier his onslaught was ruled retired for the Netherlands attacker straying offside.

Roma big Inter Milan successful Saturday’s precocious lucifer and are level connected 15 points with Napoli, who driblet down to 2nd by virtuousness of having played a crippled more.

Inter beryllium 3 points down Roma and Napoli, meaning that Cristian Chivu’s squad volition beryllium archetypal connected extremity quality with a triumph successful the Italian capital.

Napoli manager Antonio Conte had to bash without in-form striker Hojlund and McTominay who were near retired of the squad with respective thigh and ankle injuries suffered successful grooming up of Saturday’s defeat.

Both are doubts for Tuesday’s clash astatine PSV, creating much wounded problems for Conte who has already had to woody with a bid of carnal problems for his squad this season.

Hojlund, who has scored 3 times for Napoli and netted for Denmark past weekend, was lone signed from Manchester United aft Romelu Lukaku suffered a thigh wounded which could support the Belgium striker retired until the caller year.

Alessandro Buongiorno and Matteo Politano were lone acceptable for a spot connected the seat portion Stanislav Lobotka and Amir Rrahmani are inactive sidelined.

Hojlund would beryllium a large lack for PSV arsenic helium scored some goals successful Napoli’s 2-1 triumph implicit Sporting Lisbon earlier this period and Lorenzo Lucca did small up beforehand connected Saturday.

McTominay was Serie A’s subordinate of the twelvemonth and cardinal to Napoli winning their 4th league rubric past season, but the Scotland midfielder has struggled to enforce himself successful the aboriginal weeks of this run pursuing the accomplishment of Kevin De Bruyne.

AFP

The station Napoli autumn astatine Torino without injured McTominay, Hojlund appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.