Napoli suffered their second successive away defeat in Serie A. Walter Mazzarri’s side lost 2-0 to Roma at the Stadio Olimpico.

Napoli lost to Roma at the Olimpico

“Napoli” left the zone of the European Cups after the failure suffered on Saturday at the field of “Roma”, the score 2-0.

The Italian champions were beaten by Jose Mourinho’s side at the end of a very tense game that saw 13 yellow cards and two reds.

Both coaches appealed several decisions of the referees and received warnings in the first half.

In the second part of the game, the Neapolitans remained in numerical advantage after the direct removal of Politano.

Jose Mourinho was inspired to make changes as Lorenzo Pellegrini opened the scoring five minutes after coming on (76th minute).

In the 86th minute, Viktor Osimkhen saw a second yellow card and was also sent off.

Roma secured victory in the sixth minute of added time when Romelu Lukaku scored to make it 2-0.

Series A, stage 17

Empoli – Lazio 0-2

Sassuolo – Genoa 1-2

Salerno – Milan 2-2

Monza – Fiorentina 0-1

Frosinone – Juventus 1-2

Bologna – Atalanta 1-0

Turin – Udinese 1-1

Verona – Cagliari 2-0

Inter – Lecce 2-0

Roma – Naples 2-0

Series A, standings

1. Inter 44 p

2. Juventus 40p

3. Milan 33b

4. Bologna 31p

5. Fiorentina 30p

6. A. S. Roma 28 p

7. Naples 27p.