{"id":594546,"date":"2025-11-26T07:43:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T07:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/594546\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T07:43:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T07:43:25","slug":"rasmus-hojlund-risks-incurring-antonio-contes-wrath-for-napoli-before-scott-mctominay-rescues-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/594546\/","title":{"rendered":"Rasmus Hojlund risks incurring Antonio Conte’s wrath for Napoli, before Scott McTominay rescues him"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rasmus Hojlund missed a penalty as Napoli went on to beat Qarabag FK in the Champions League on Wednesday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Manchester United fans<\/a> have plenty of reasons to keep an eye on Napoli right now.<\/p>\n

With Scott McTominay<\/a> thriving in Naples and Rasmus Hojlund currently on loan<\/a>, it\u2019s no secret that Antonio Conte<\/a> has benefited from signing players from United.<\/p>\n

McTominay was voted Serie A\u2019s MVP<\/a> after inspiring the team to title success in his first season, while Hojlund was brought in on loan following Romelu Lukaku\u2019s<\/a> injury.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen if Napoli are going to sign Hojlund on a permanent deal, especially since it has been a while since he\u2019s found the back of the net for the Italian club.<\/p>\n

Ruben Amorim<\/a> was happy to move on Hojlund in the summer after United agreed a deal to sign Benjamin Sesko from RB Leipzig<\/a>, although the Slovenia international is currently out injured.<\/p>\n

\"ScottPhoto by Ivan Romano\/Getty ImagesScott McTominay saves the day after Rasmus Hojlund miss<\/p>\n

Napoli recorded their second win in the Champions League<\/a> when they beat Qarabag FK 2-0 on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Shortly before the hour mark, Hojlund saw his spot kick saved after attempting to go to the goalkeeper\u2019s left.<\/p>\n

The miss came as a blow for the United loanee<\/a> because he missed a chance to score his fifth goal for Napoli.<\/p>\n

Did Manchester United make a mistake sending Rasmus Hojlund on loan? <\/p>\n

He risked the wrath of Conte, but the Italian coach would have calmed down after McTominay found the breakthrough.<\/p>\n

The former United midfielder was positioned perfectly in the area to meet the corner with a header, which was initially saved by the keeper. The Scotland international was in the right place at the right time for the rebound.<\/p>\n

Napoli doubled their lead in the 72nd minute when Marko Jankovic put the ball into his own net following a deflection from McTominay\u2019s bicycle kick. <\/p>\n

Scott McTominay stats vs Qarabag FK<\/p>\n

McTominay had another night to remember for Napoli.<\/p>\n

Not only did McTominay score Napoli\u2019s opening goal, but he also hit the woodwork once from a total of five shots.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old completed 86% of his passes, creating two chances as well as three defensive contributions.<\/p>\n

He also touched the ball 77 times, compared to Hojlund\u2019s 30 touches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rasmus Hojlund missed a penalty as Napoli went on to beat Qarabag FK in the Champions League on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,10384,13314,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-594546","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-rasmus-hojlund","10":"tag-scott-mctominay","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115614883571069406","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}