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Napoli suffer first 2-0 pre-season defeat on debut of big new stars

Summary by Football Italia
Napoli suffered a disappointing first pre-season 2-0 defeat to Arezzo, despite giving Kevin De Bruyne, Noa Lang, Lorenzo Lucca and Sam Beukema their debuts.Antonio Conte will begin the defence of his Serie A title and the opening test for the summer was at the Dimaro training camp this evening.Missing Scott McTominay and Matteo Politano due to slight muscular issues, he set them out in a 4-3-3 formation with De Bruyne, Lucca, Lang and Luca Maria…
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Naples lost its first friendly match of the summer against Arezzo (0-2), Italian third division club. The defending Italian champion had nevertheless aligned his recruits Kevin De Bruyne, Noa Lang and Lorenzo Lucca.

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The Napoli, the current Serie A champion, began with a defeat his schedule of pre-season matches towards the 2025-2026 campaign. In his first friendly preparation, the group led by Antonio Conte fell by 2-0 to the SS Arezzo, a team that militates in the C Series, the third category of Italian football.The match was played in Dimaro, town of Trentino-Alto Adige where the club performs its usual concentration. Beyond the result, the match represen…

At the end of Napoli-Arezzo, the Azzurri's first friendly of the season, Leonardo Spinazzola spoke to Radio CRC: "The result wasn't what we wanted: it's a friendly, but we could have done much better.

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Football Italia broke the news in Italy on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
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