Napoli and Palermo played to a 3-3 draw on Wednesday evening in Serie A at the Stadio San Paolo.
An early lead from Napoli was quickly lost as Italian youngster Andrea Belotti had a stand out performance for the visiting side.
The first half started out with a bang as Napoli got off to a flying start. Just two minutes into the match, French defender Kalidou Koulibaly put Napoli up 1-0 with a header into the bottom right corner of the net after a beautiful cross from Spanish winger José Callejón.
In the ninth minute, Napoli came close to doubling their lead when Callejón made a run towards the net and passing off to Marek Hamsik on the wing. Hamsik cut to his left at the top of the box striking the ball with his left foot and hitting the top of the crossbar.
But just two minutes later, Duván Zapata grabbed his 1st goal of the Serie A campaign with a curling shot into the top right corner of Stefano Sorrentino’s goal, making it 2-0 for Gli Azzurri.
The visiting Palermo side would rally back quickly, scoring two goals just six minutes apart.
At the 18th minute mark, Belotti headed in an Edgar Barreto cross for the Rosanero, cutting Napoli’s lead in half. Palermo were able to tie up the match at 24 minutes when Franco Vazquez was able to steer Michel Morganella’s centering pass into the back of Napoli’s goal, making it 2-2.
Napoli took back the lead in injury time when Uruguayan midfielder Walter Gargano hit a perfect long ball pass over the Palermo defense to the waiting feet of Callejón, who struck a low shot passed Sorrentino into the bottom left corner of the net.
The second half saw the visitors come out aggressive to try and tie up the match.
Just sixteen minutes into the second, Belotti came inches away from leveling the match but the young Italian’s shot would hit the left post.
Seconds later, Belotti would grab his second goal of the match tucking in a low cross from Paulo Dybala passed Napoli keeper Rafael to make it 3-3.
Both sides would press towards each others goals to grab the winner however the result at the end of the match would stay the same with each team earning one point.
