Venezia, represented by Joel Pohjanpalo and Jesse Jorose, put the top team Napoli in good shape, but it was not enough for points.
Venezia, which was last in the Italian football league, lost to Napoli, one of the top teams in the series, 0–1 (0–0).
Giacomo Raspadori scored the deciding goal with his left foot ten minutes before the end. Napoli, who won the scoring situations of the home match 25–4, rose to the top of the series alongside Atalanta and to 41 points.
The Finnish duo of Venezia Joel Pohjanpalo and Jesse Joronen started the match from the bench. Twenty minutes before the end, in a goalless situation, Pohjapalo was replaced on the field. For the first time this season, Huuhkajie’s top man started a series game as a substitute.
Having finished with four goals in Serie A, Pohjanpalo’s powder has been wet recently in Italy and his goalless streak increased to eight games on Sunday.
Napoli striker Romelu Lukaku missed his penalty kick in the 37th minute and shot in the second half, after just over an hour of play, the ball once hit the Venezia post.
The goalkeeper of Venezia Filip Stankovic played a top game, blocked Lukaku’s hard shot from the bottom right corner and also missed Lukaku’s post.
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