Sierra Leone skipper Umaru Bangura played the whole 90 minutes as FC Zurich suffered a 3-1 home defeat at their Letzigrund Stadium in Switzerland.
Carlo Ancelotti saw his Napoli team take a huge step into the next stage of the competition beating FC Zurich in the round of 32 Europa League first leg played on Thursday.
Lorenzo Insigne and Jose Callejon struck inside the opening 21 minutes at the Letzigrund Stadium.
Piotr Zielinski made it 3-0 with 13 minutes remaining before Benjamin Kololli’s late penalty provided some consolation for the Swiss-based club.
A tough test for the Swiss club in Italy, they were much better in the last ten minutes to suggest Ancelotti’s men might not have it all their own way.
The second-leg match is slated to be played at the Stadio San Paolo next Thursday.
Das Spiel ist aus. Der FC Zürich unterliegt der @sscnapoli mit 1:3. Torschütze für den #Stadtclub war Benjamin Kololli per Elfmeter. #fcz #fczuerich #FCZNapoli pic.twitter.com/GGEE0ycfae
— FC Zürich (@fc_zuerich) February 14, 2019
Unsere Startformation fürs Sechzehntelfinal-Hinspiel der @EuropaLeague gegen die @sscnapoli. #fcz #fczuerich #stadtclub #FCZNapoli pic.twitter.com/tXOOINbbSF
— FC Zürich (@fc_zuerich) February 14, 2019
Thursday’s Europa round of 32 first leg results.
Rapid Wien 0-1 Internazionale Milano
Slavia Praha 0-0 Genk
Krasnodar 0-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Rennes 3-3 Real Betis
Olympiacos 2-2 Dynamo Kyiv
Lazio 0-1 Sevilla
BATE Borisov 1-0 Arsenal
Galatasaray 1-2 Benfica
Viktoria Plzeň 2-1 Dinamo Zagreb
Club Brugge 2-1 Salzburg
Zürich 1-3 Napoli
Malmö 1-2 Chelsea
Shakhtar Donetsk 2-2 Eintracht Frankfurt
Celtic 0-2 Valencia
Sporting CP 0-1 Villarreal
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