Napoli beat Girona courtesy of four penalty conversions (one in normal time and three in a shootout) following a 1-1 draw in their second international friendly at the Stadio Patini.
Giovanni Simeone tucked away the first spot-kick shortly before half time, after Cristhian Stuani had opened the scoring for the Spaniards
Rudi Garcia swapped out most of the team on the hour mark but there were to be no further goals despite several chances for the Azzurri.
Giacomo Raspadori, Frank Anguissa and Piotr Zielinski made no mistake from 12 yards and Alex Meret was the shootout hero as he kept out two of Girona's three penalties on target.
Napoli's next pre-season test in Castel di Sangro will be against Augsburg on Sunday.
Napoli 1-1 Girona (4-2 on pens)
Scorers: Stuani 13, Simeone 42 (pen)
Penalties: Raspadori scored, Victor saved, Anguissa scored, Callens missed, Zielinski scored, Almena scored, Politano saved, Couto saved
NAPOLI: Gollini (Meret 60), Zanoli (Di Lorenzo 60), Ostigard (Rrahmani 60), Juan Jesus, Obaretin (Olivera 60), Zedadka (Anguissa 60), Elmas (Politano 60), Folorunsho (Zielinski 60), Zerbin (Kvaratskhelia 60), Lozano (Lobotka 46), Simeone (Raspadori 60).
Coach: Garcia.
GIRONA : Juan Carlos, Arnau, David Lopez, Blind, Miguel, Aleix Garcia, Herrera, Justin, Savio, Tsygankov, Stuani.
Coach: Miguel Munoz.
Referee: Campione (Pescara).
