Il Napoli champion of Italy misses the first important test of this seasonAt the Maradona, the Azzurri delude the fans for almost 30 minutes, creating opportunity after opportunity, then slowly fade away.
The Lazio of the beloved-hated ex Sarri takes the measurements and as the minutes pass he wraps up the eleven Garcia, which become ineffective and then risk a setback in the recovery. But what went wrong?
In order, it is undoubtedly worth mentioning the so many wasted opportunities, especially at the start.The Napoli He finished with 22 shots, but only 4 on target for a total of 1.29xG, therefore in line with what actually happened on the pitch given the goal scored by Zielinski.
What makes you turn up your nose is above all the quality of the shots taken, also because as seen in the first two challenges against Frosinone e Sassuolo the chances were created, but then in front of goal there was a lack of clarity and precision. A clear condition delay of some key elements of the squad, especially evident as the minutes passed.
Of course, this is also due to physical problems, such as those of kvaratskhelia, who yesterday for about 25 minutes gave the usual flashes before slowly declining and then disappearing from the match in the second half. The clear example is however Anguissa, who physically collapsed especially in the second half.
The midfield suffered the consequences, completely split in half in many of Lazio's attacking situations. So the issue transfer market.
He is gone Kim, was purchased in its place NathanThe 22-year-old, however, is still at 0 minutes this season: in his place he found himself in the starting eleven Juan Jesus, who yesterday paired with Rrahmani has shown its limits.
The inclusion of the new purchase is crucial, also to understand if the (new) gamble of the blue management to replace the Korean in this way has paid off. This is undoubtedly one of the many problems that Garcia will have to face when the championship resumes, also because the same Rrahmani, who up to now has always had top-level defenders at his side in blue (first Koulibaly, then Kim) he had difficulty especially in commanding the defensive department.
The purchase of Lindstrom It therefore makes you think, not for the quality of the player (which will be made), but for the investment made in that area of the pitch. Wouldn't it have been better to allocate most of the budget to the centre-back who would have had to collect the heavy legacy of Kim, the absolute protagonist last year?
Time will answer this question.
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