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By Michael Pavitt and Reuters Published: 09: 38 AEST, 1 September 2024 | Updated: 09: 48 AEST, 1 September 2024 View comments Romelu Lukaku scored on his Napoli debut to help Antonio Conte's side come from behind to beat newly promoted Parma. Lukaku completed his £38million move to Napoli from Chelsea on Thursday, having been placed in the Blues' 'bomb squad' available for sale. The Belgian completed the permanent switch to Napoli having spent the last two seasons on loan in Serie A at Inter Milan and Roma. Lukaku was reunited with former Inter Milan boss Conte at Napoli and the forward made an instant impact for the Italian coach on Saturday. The 31-year-old started the match on the bench against promoted Parma, but saw the visitors take a shock lead.   E CHI SE NON ROMELU LUKAKU ALL'ESORDIO! La riprende il @sscnapoli nel recupero ? ?#Napoli Parma 1-1 pic. twitter. com/c YKi115YRe Romelu Lukaku scored on his Napoli debut as they struck twice in added time to beat Parma Parma had led the match but saw goalkeeper Zion Suzuki sent off in the second half Defender Enrico Delprato, right, was forced to take over in goal for the newly promoted side Frank Anguissa scored in the sixth minute of added time to earn a dramatic victory for Napoli Feisty Parma, who beat Milan last week, looked to be on their way to a second surprise win of the season thanks to a 19th-minute penalty from Ange-Yoan Bonny. The visitors had chances to extend the lead but Napoli looked more threatening after the break when Lukaku came on to the pitch. The momentum changed significantly when Parma keeper Zion Suzuki was shown a second yellow card for a foul on David Neres, causing defender Enrico Del Prato to take over in goal with no further substitutions available. Napoli thought they had won a penalty for a foul on Giovanni Simeone, only for it to be overturned by VAR in the 90th minute. But Lukaku grabbed the equaliser two minutes later with a low shot from 12 yards from a Leonardo Spinazzolla through ball before Andre Zambo Anguissa's header sealed the win in front of an ecstatic home crowd in the 96th minute. 'It is an honour to play for this club, these fans and also for these lads, who gave me a really warm welcome, ' former Chelsea and AS Roma forward Lukaku told DAZN. 'We worked really hard and the effort we put into training paid off. It is something of a habit that I score on my debut, but we won and that´s the most important thing. 'I am very happy, but now we need to work and keep winning. ' Conte's side moved up to fourth in the standings following their second victory of the campaign. Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group