Napoli vs. Bologna

New Partenopei boss Mazzarri came into a difficult situation after Roberto Donadoni's dismissal a fortnight ago, as the team had won just two of its opening seven games. Bologna were only one point behind and conceded just eight goals so far.

Fabiano Santacroce was out, while the visitors made the trip without Massimo Mutarelli, Davide Bombardini, Santos and Andrea Raggi. Ezequiel Lavezzi was in the starting XI despite only returning from international duty yesterday due to losing his passport.

Emiliano Viviano needed his wits about him when acrobatically palming a Miguel Angel Britos backpass over the bar.

Bologna took a shock lead at the San Paolo to stun Mazzarri. Martins Adailton curled a wonderful free kick into the near top corner from the edge of the box, leaving Morgan De Sanctis rooted to the spot.

Britos charged down a Fabio Quagliarella effort from point-blank range, then the move continued and Lavezzi's snooker-shot shaved a coat of paint off the far post.

Quagliarella's spectacular first touch trapped a high ball in the box and he immediately turned to set up Jesus Datolo, but the Argentine wasted it all with an awful shot.

Viviano fingertipped Lavezzi's free kick out from under the bar and Napoli had a goal disallowed, as Lavezzi was offside when he tapped in the rebound from a parried Datolo header.

On the stroke of half-time, De Sanctis had to be alert to clear the danger from Marco Di Vaio on Zenoni's cross.

Michele Pazienza replaced Datolo for the second period. In the space of the same move Under-21 international goalkeeper Viviano performed two saves to deny Lavezzi at the near post and the follow-up Paolo Cannavaro header.

The siege finally earned Napoli an equaliser on 72 minutes. A corner was not cleared effectively by Marcelo Zalayeta, so Matteo Contini poked it towards Quagliarella for the finish from point-blank range.

However, it was Bologna who had the best chances to win it with Marco Di Vaio twice firing straight at De Sanctis when clear on goal. Bologna boss Giuseppe Papadopulo was sent off for dissent.

Napoli grabbed the winner in stoppages! A free kick was rolled into the centre by Quagliarella where Cristian Maggio tapped in from six yards. The San Paolo went wild.