😳 On his Manchester return, KDB taken off after just 26 minutes | OneFootball

After his transfer from Manchester City to SSC Napoli, everyone was eager to see what magic Kevin De Bruyne would conjure up today in a direct duel against his former club. The answer comes much sooner than expected: absolutely nothing.

But the Belgian himself is hardly to blame for that. Antonio Conte took the superstar off the pitch after just 26 minutes. What happened?

The reason is the red card for Napoli captain Giovanni di Lorenzo. The Italian right-back brought down Erling Haaland as the last man; after reviewing the VAR footage, Felix Zwayer quite rightly showed the red card.

To fill the gap in defense, it was ultimately KDB who had to make way for Mathías Olivera.

The message was pretty clear: being a man down, Napoli was going to focus on defense rather than playing offensively. However, that didn’t really work out. The Skyblues are currently leading 2-0.

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