Napoli suffered but won agonizingly against Genoa 3-2, in matchday 24 of Italy's Serie A, which keeps them in third place with 49 points. Antonio Conte's team arrived at this match in third place with 46 points, having beaten Fiorentina 2-1 the previous Saturday. The southern Italian side had lost ground at the top of the table with their defeat to Juventus in matchday 22, and were therefore six points behind leaders Inter and four behind second-placed Milan. This afternoon at the Luigi Ferraris stadium, Genoa opened the scoring after just 3 minutes with a goal from Ukrainian Ruslan Malinovskyi. However, in a flurry of action 20 minutes in, Napoli equalized with a goal from Danish Rasmus Højlund and then took the lead with a goal from their star, Scottish Scott McTominay. In the second half, Genoa equalized again with a goal from Lorenzo Colombo. The match became complicated for Napoli with the red card for Brazilian defender Juan Jesus, but in the final play, they secured all three points with a penalty goal from Højlund. "In the decisive moments, we showed character. We knew it would be a tough match against a very physical opponent. After the red card, it was even harder, but we never gave up," said Napoli's coach Antonio Conte.
