Party at Maradona: Napoli erases the defeat against Lazio, returns to winning ways and extends its lead in the standings for the umpteenth time on the road to a third Scudetto. A magic move by Kvaratskhelia and a header by Rrahmani are enough to beat Atalanta.
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Meret out, Gollini plays.
Gasperini chooses Zapata-Hojlund
Spalletti loses Meret in the warm-up: wrist problem. Debut therefore for Gollini in the door.
Defense confirmed: Kim e Rrahmani in the center, on the bands there are By Lorenzo e Olive.The usual midfielders Zielinski, Anguissa e Lobotka.
Up front politan replaces the injured person Lush alongside kvaratskhelia e osimhen.
Gasperini chooses instead Musso between the posts. Three-man defense with silly, Djimsiti e Scalvini.
In midfield Mæhle e Ruggeri wide with DeRoon ed Ederson in the center, while Pasalic he is the attacking midfielder behind footings e hojlund.
Napoli-branded start, chances for Politano and Kvaratskhelia
The start is branded Napoli, who has possession of the ball and commands the game, but theAtalanta defends compactly at the back and gives little to the Azzurri, looking for counterattacks on the physicality of hojlund e footingsThe first chance comes in the 6th minute: politan exchange with Zielinski and kicks from the edge, rejects Musso.
Two warnings follow, one for each side: Ruggeri for the people of Bergamo and osimhen.Two good chances arrive for the Neapolitans, the best one is created kvaratskhelia: in the 28th minute the Georgian skips past two opposing defenders, enters the area and tries from a very tight position, Musso he stands good guard on his post.
The last chance of the first half falls once again at the feet of politan: the Italian winger recovers a ball lost by the Nerazzurri during the build-up phase and shoots from inside the area, Musso he is still attentive and rejects, osimhen he then attempts a tap-in from an offside position. The half-time break is 0-0.
A Kvaratskhelia spell unlocks the achievement
The script doesn't change in the second half, but the Napoli it's getting more and more dangerous in the area around Musso.
The Argentine goalkeeper of theAtalanta first blocks a spectacular overhead kick osimhen in the area. Shortly after, the Nigerian rose higher than anyone else with a header from a corner: the ball went just wide.
At the 60th minute the match was unlocked with an absolute magic by kvaratskhelia: osimhen recovers in the three-quarter line, launches the counterattack and serves the Georgian, who swerves twice, sends three Nerazzurri defenders to the bar and displaces Musso putting the ball under the crossbar to make it 1-0 for the Azzurri.
Kim gets hurt, Azzurri anxious. Rrahmani closes the case
Round of changes for the two technicians: Spalletti inserts Elmas e Ndombele, Gasperini the card is played Boce after the entry of Muriel at the interval.
The Colombian himself is threatening Gollini in the 73rd minute, the former Fiorentina player sends the ball to the corner. From here it is footings to strike, but the Italian goalkeeper is still alert and saves.
A quarter of an hour from the end, bad news for the Napoli: he gets hurt Kim, forced to change.Enter Juan Jesus, but the music doesn't change and the knockout blow arrives in the 77th minute.
Corner kick taken by Elmas, Rrahmani soars up footings and heads the ball into the corner. Nothing to be done for Musso: it's the 2-0 that virtually closes the match.
The final minutes of the match offered little excitement, with the result already a foregone conclusion. Spalletti lancia Simeon e Zerbin, taking away kvaratskhelia and an angry one osimhenIt ends 2-0: the Azzurri return to +18 onInter and they are increasingly putting their hands on the title.
Article published on March 11, 2023 - 19pm
