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Toro are back in business after a tough victory over Napoli, although there are complaints over the penalty.
On the 59th anniversary of the Superga air crash that wiped out Il Grande Torino and with the side hovering one point above the relegation zone, Gianni De Biasi and the fans urged their squad to put in a performance of true character today. Paolo Hernan Dellafiore and Paolo Cannavaro sat out bans, while Gianluca Comotto, Cesare Natali, Mirko Savini, Marcelo Zalayeta and Erminio Rullo were injured. Matteo Sereni returned between the posts and Navarro made his debut for the first Serie A edition of this fixture in 13 years.
Napoli got off to a strong start with Mariano Bogliacino testing Sereni at the near post, while Navarro made a good debut save on David Di Michele's deflected attempt.
There was controversy on 25 minutes when Torino were awarded a penalty for Maurizio Domizzi's challenge on Di Michele, although Napoli suggested he had tripped up over his own feet. Alessandro Rosina stepped up and delicately sent Navarro the wrong way with the inside of his left foot for Torino's first home goal in over 430 minutes of football.
Roberto Stellone hit a shot on the bounce just over the bar and Marek Hamsik skimmed the target before Ezequiel Lavezzi's solo effort flashed past the post.
Matteo Contini equalised for Napoli just before the hour mark in a chaotic move. Fabiano Santacroce may have fouled his marker for the diving header on Bogliacino's free kick, sending it into the path of Contini.
However, moments later Toro restored their advantage. Di Michele sprung the offside trap and kept his cool to slide an angled drive past Navarro with the inside of his right foot.
Hamsik's left-foot strike flashed across the face of goal, while an almost identical move to his goal saw Di Michele fire off target.
Emanuele Calaio's header skimmed the bar as Napoli tried until the end to snatch a point.
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