Napoli's hopes of reaching the Europa League final took a hammer blow as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Dnipro in the first leg of their last-four tie at the San Paolo on Thursday.David Lopez had put the home side in front at Stadio San Paolo with his first Napoli goal and the Serie A outfit looked nailed on for victory.
However, Yevhen Seleznyov came off the bench to net a close-range equaliser - and what could prove
to be a crucial away goal - 10 minutes from time.
Napoli looked brightest early on and came close to an opener when Lorenzo Insigne struck the outside of the left-hand post.
Dnipro settled as the half progressed, but rarely threatened and it took Napoli little time to forge
ahead after the interval.
Gonzalo Higuain spurned numerous chances to extend the advantage after Lopez had opened the scoring and Seleznyov pounced to punish that profligacy, denting Napoli's hopes of reaching a first European final since 1989.
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