NAPOLI 1-1 LECCE: COLOMBO’S ROCKET HELD NAPOLI AT DRAW

For Napoli, which had started the season with two convincing victories

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it was their second consecutive draw.

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Lecce, the Serie B champions, nearly unexpectedly took the lead.

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Colombo successfully converted the penalty kick, but because the referee hadn’t yet blown his whistle,

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it had to be retaken. Alex Meret, the Napoli goalkeeper, stopped the second attempt.

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