{"id":497378,"date":"2026-03-01T11:15:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T11:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/497378\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T11:15:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T11:15:26","slug":"serie-a-verona-1-2-napoli-last-gasp-lukaku-rescues-conte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/497378\/","title":{"rendered":"Serie A | Verona 1-2 Napoli: Last gasp Lukaku rescues Conte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Romelu-Lukaku-Edmundsson.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-944421 has-webp\" alt=\"VERONA, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Romelu Lukaku of SSC Napoli and Unai N\u00fa\u00f1ez of Hellas Verona during the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and SSC Napoli at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on February 28, 2026 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>VERONA, ITALY &#8211; FEBRUARY 28:  Romelu Lukaku of SSC Napoli and  Unai N\u00fa\u00f1ez of Hellas Verona during the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and SSC Napoli at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on February 28, 2026 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Romelu Lukaku scored with the last kick of the game to give Napoli a dramatic 2-1 victory away to rock bottom Hellas Verona, after Rasmus Hojlund netted at both ends.<\/p>\n<p>The Partenopei were sliding down the standings after a 2-2 draw with Roma and <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/serie-a-atalanta-2-1-napoli-controversial-ref\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">controversial defeat to Atalanta<\/a>. Scott McTominay, Frank Anguissa, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Amir Rrahmani, David Neres and Kevin De Bruyne were still out of action, so Alisson Santos completed the attack, with Giovane <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legaseriea.it\/serie-a\/match\/c2e2cdcab02e430093a834aeb81030b0\/verona-vs-napoli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">on the bench against his former club<\/a>. Hellas were rock bottom alongside Pisa, so while Gift Orban and Moatasem Al-Musrati were suspended, Rafik Belghali, Pol Lirola, Antoine Bernede, Sandi Lovric and Suat Serdar missed out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/serie-a-live-como-lecce-ver-napoli-inter-genoa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Paolo-Sammarco-Antonio-Conte.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-944397 size-medium\" alt=\"VERONA, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Paolo Sammarco head coach of Hellas Verona embraces Antonio Conte head coach of SSC Napoli during the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and SSC Napoli at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on February 28, 2026 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/>VERONA, ITALY \u2013 FEBRUARY 28: Paolo Sammarco head coach of Hellas Verona embraces Antonio Conte head coach of SSC Napoli during the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and SSC Napoli at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on February 28, 2026 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>It was a perfect start for Antonio Conte\u2019s men, who took the lead within 100 seconds. Matteo Politano\u2019s cross from the right was flicked on by Andrias Edmundsson, but turned into an accidental assist for the Hojlund looping header, which he steered into the far top corner from 12 yards, off the inside of the post.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Rasmus-Hojlund-celebrating-Verona.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-944399 size-medium\" alt=\"VERONA, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Rasmus Hojlund of SSC Napoli celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and SSC Napoli at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on February 28, 2026 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/>VERONA, ITALY \u2013 FEBRUARY 28: Rasmus Hojlund of SSC Napoli celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and SSC Napoli at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on February 28, 2026 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Leonardo Spinazzola curled just over the bar, while Lorenzo Montip\u00f2 palmed an Eljif Elmas scorcher out of the bottom corner.<\/p>\n<p>Edmundsson got back for almost a goal-line clearance after Hojlund had dinked a finish past the on-rushing Montip\u00f2, and Antonio Vergara blasted just over from an Alisson Santos assist.<\/p>\n<p>Verona equalised amid more controversy, as Napoli felt there was a foul before the corner, but that set play was then flicked on by Hojlund, who was also in the way to deflect the Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro half-volley past Alex Meret.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Akpa-Akpro-goal-behind.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-944414 size-medium\" alt=\"VERONA, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro of Hellas Verona scores the 1-1 goal during the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and SSC Napoli at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on February 28, 2026 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/>VERONA, ITALY \u2013 FEBRUARY 28: Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro of Hellas Verona scores the 1-1 goal during the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and SSC Napoli at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on February 28, 2026 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Hellas threatened to score another on the counter-attack moments later, but Daniel Mosquera\u2019s first touch let him down when about to go clear.<\/p>\n<p>Tomas Suslov was booked for a sliding tackle on Miguel Gutierrez, as although contact was high, he pulled out at the last second.<\/p>\n<p>Eljif Elmas stung Montip\u00f2\u2019s gloves after a well-worked move between substitutes Billy Gilmour and Romelu Lukaku.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Stanislav-Lobotka.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-944410 size-medium\" alt=\"VERONA, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Stanislav Lobotka of SSC Napoli during the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and SSC Napoli at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on February 28, 2026 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/>VERONA, ITALY \u2013 FEBRUARY 28: Stanislav Lobotka of SSC Napoli during the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and SSC Napoli at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on February 28, 2026 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Verona nearly won it in stoppages when Kieron Bowie couldn\u2019t keep the volley on target after Meret flapped aimlessly at a cross.<\/p>\n<p>Just as it seemed to be over, Napoli took a short corner and Giovane\u2019s cross from the left went past an acrobatic Juan Jesus attempt, but Lukaku was ready to sweep in first-time from six yards. It was his first goal of the season and the last kick of the game after so many months out with a serious tendon injury.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Verona 1-2 Napoli<\/p>\n<p>Hojlund 2 (N), Akpa Akpro 64 (V), Lukaku 96 (N)<\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/team\/hellas-verona\/?sid=900908\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload lazyload img-thumbnail img-responsiveemblInline\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bl17201882522622-150x150.webp.webp\" width=\"150\" style=\"max-width: 150px\" alt=\"Verona\" title=\"Verona\"\/><\/a>                        <\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/team\/ssc-napoli\/?sid=900908\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload lazyload img-thumbnail img-responsiveemblInline\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bl17567960472242-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" style=\"max-width: 150px\" alt=\"Napoli\" title=\"Napoli\"\/><\/a>                        <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload lazyload img-thumbnail img-responsive emblpadd3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bl17201882522622-150x150.webp.webp\" width=\"10\" style=\"max-width: 10px\" alt=\"Verona\" title=\"Verona\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload lazyload img-thumbnail img-responsiveemblInline emblpadd3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bl17567960472242-150x150.jpg\" width=\"10\" style=\"max-width: 10px\" alt=\"Napoli\" title=\"Napoli\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload lazyload img-thumbnail img-responsive\" 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