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PUBLISHED WED, SEP 9, 2026 8:45 PM UTC • 6 MIN READ
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A piledriver from Martin Odegaard gives Arsenal the lead. Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters View image in fullscreen A piledriver from Martin Odegaard gives Arsenal the lead. Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters Scott Murray Wed 9 Sep 2026 16.42 EDT First published on Wed 9 Sep 2026 13.30 EDT Share Key events 8m ago GOAL! Napoli 0-1 Arsenal (Odegaard 75) 55m ago HALF TIME: Napoli 0-0 Arsenal 3h ago The teams 3h ago Preamble 2m ago 16.42 EDT 82 min: Guimarães looks for the top-left corner from 25 yards. High and wide. Before Milinković-Savić restarts the game, Zubimendi comes on for White.
80 min: Lucca barrels after a long punt down the middle, but can't get the ball under control. On the touchline, Massimiliano Allegri, staring down the barrel of a third consecutive defeat so early in his reign, rants and raves in the classic continental style.
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78 min: That's now four assists in five games for Tzolis. Arsenal fans are in great voice, the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona otherwise quiet.
77 min: Napoli respond with a double change, replacing Hojlund and Lobotka with Neres and Lucca.
Arsenal get patient … and get their reward. Some metronomic passing, then suddenly a shift through the gears, as White and Tzolis combine crisply down the inside-right, cutting back for Odegaard, who pearls a rising shot across Milinković-Savić, off the left-hand post and in! What a strike!
Industry Impact & Strategic Analysis
View image in fullscreen A piledriver from Martin Odegaard gives Arsenal the lead. Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters View image in fullscreen Odegaard celebrates. Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters Share Updated at 16.42 EDT 10m ago 16.34 EDT 73 min: Gyökeres and Saka, who have both been ineffective this evening, make way for Madueke and Havertz.
72 min: This game has become scrappy, and it's probably doing Napoli more of a favour.
70 min: Tzolis meets a ball dropping towards the Napoli penalty spot … and nearly launches his shot into orbit. In terms of slapstick and comedic timing, it was almost perfect. In footballing terms, not so much.
Forward Outlook & Market Perspective
68 min: The pace drops. It is warm in Naples after all, 27 degrees centigrade at kick-off according to Uefa's official thermometer.
66 min: A double change for Arsenal as Merino and Eze make way for Guimarães and Tzolis.
65 min: De Bruyne, under no pressure, butchers a simple pass meant for Lobotka, in acres on the right flank. The crowd groan as the ball sails into the stand. The veteran midfielder has had a bit of a shocker so far.
63 min: Rice makes himself a little bit of time and space to the right of the Napoli D, then lashes a wild shot high and well wide right.
62 min: Hojlund strides down the left but can't get past Gabriel as he reaches the edge of the box. His shot is deflected, and De Bryune chases after the loose ball, but he doesn't have the legs to get past Hincapie.
61 min: Vergara also wastes little time in getting involved … but upon tearing down the left, he ruins it all by yanking a dismal cross straight into the arms of Raya.
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