Wasteful Napoli held 0-0 at Fiorentina

Soccer Football - Serie A - Fiorentina v Napoli - Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy - February 9, 2019 Napoli's Nikola Maksimovic is shown a yellow card by referee Gianpaolo Calvarese REUTERS/Ciro De Luca

MILAN (Reuters) - Second-placed Napoli wasted half a dozen clearcut chances as they were held 0-0 at Fiorentina in Serie A on Saturday, their fourth successive away game in all competitions without scoring.

Napoli, whose hopes of winning the title last season effectively ended with a 3-0 defeat in the same fixture, were left eight points behind leaders Juventus who visit Sassuolo on Sunday.