Insigne immediately puts the game downhill, then there is glory also for Milik but even those who have played less so far, above all Malcuit and Fabian Ruiz, prove to be up to the task. D'Aversa's team also does its part, too passive and unrecognizable compared to other outings: the loss of Gervinho is not enough to explain the disappointing performance at the San Paolo. Ancelotti, as mentioned, confirms the trend of these first days and, with an eye also on Saturday's match against Juve, confirms only Koulibaly and Insigne compared to Turin. Absolute debut for Malcuit, first in the championship for Ruiz, up front Milik replaces Mertens. On the contrary, there are few new arrivals in Parma: Gobbi for Dimarco, Deiola for Rigoni and Ciceretti for Gervinho. The Neapolitans needed just 4 minutes to unlock the game: Fabian Ruiz, who had seen a shot blocked by Stulac in a suspicious way shortly before, found Milik on the right, the ball in the middle where Iacoponi stumbled and gave Insigne the chance to make it two steps away. Ancelotti's eleven played and had fun, in complete control of the match, even though Zielinski spectacularly missed the 2-0 in the 21st minute, shooting high from an excellent position. Napoli were a bit nastier in front of goal but only the result kept Parma alive, struggling to get past the halfway line and pardoned shortly after the half hour by Insigne, whose shot crashed against the post with Sepe beaten. The Parma goalkeeper was then decisive on Milik and Mario Rui, keeping his team afloat. But only until the second minute of the second half when Insigne served Milik in depth, a powerful left-footed shot from the edge of the area by the Pole and 2-0 for the Azzurri. Bad though the crusaders' defense, culpably badly positioned. Napoli is not satisfied, Malcuit on the right is unleashed but Zielinski confirms that he is not having a great day, not framing the goal. Parma tries to timidly appear in the area of Karnezis, Siligardi and Ceravolo come in for Ciciretti and Inglese but Ancelotti's team, even though they have taken their foot off the accelerator, calmly keep control of the game. There is also room to try the Mertens-Milik duo and it is the Pole, just before leaving the place to Ounas, who scores his personal brace by tapping in from two steps on Verdi's cross-shot.
Article published on 26 September 2018 - 23:23
