Here's the truth Napoli, here's the real thing Victor osimhen.A peremptory response from the Azzurri to the criticism and the social storm that has broken out in the last few hours around the Nigerian striker (who is back to scoring): against theUdinese at Maradona it ends 4-1 for the return to victory of the men of Garcia after three consecutive stops in the championship.
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osimhen Yup, osimhen no?
Garcia no doubt: the Nigerian takes the field from the 1st minute in the attack completed by politan e kvaratskhelia.Behind the usual three midfielders, Lobotka-Anguissa-Zielinski, they return to line up Nathan e Ostigard and Mario Rui he is the favorite on the left.
Capitan By Lorenzo on the other side, Meret between the posts: this is the Italian eleven. The usual three-man defense for theUdinese: before Silvestri the usual jewelry e Perez and the novelty Kristensen, in his second consecutive start. Wallace, Lovric and another new purchase, Payero, they are placed in midfield with Ebosel e Kamara on the exteriors.
Up front Thauvin alongside Lucca.
Zielinski opens the scoring with a penalty, Osimhen doubles the score: 2-0 in the 45th minute
Il Napoli starts very strong: fast and dangerous ball movement in the opponent's half of the field and, after the first few minutes, the opportunities arrive. At 11' Zielinski he misses the 1-0: great hook from the Polish player in the area who jumps jewelry and kicks on the fly from an excellent position, but sends it high.
Shortly after, he also shows up kvaratskhelia: a curling shot from the left that goes just wide. The turning point came in the 16th minute: decisive again Fourth who enters the area, swerves and is touched by Ebosel.
Referee Manganiello first lets it go, then at the VAR he corrects the decision: penalty Warehouse Napoli.Garcia indicates osimhen as a penalty taker, but the Nigerian gives the penalty to Zielinski: what matters is the outcome, ball in the corner and the Azzurri in the lead.
THEUdinese he would also have the space to try to hurt, especially the distance: the various shots of Payero e Lovric they are insidious but they don't hit the target. On the other hand, kvaratskhelia find the mirror but also the great answer of Silvestri, who keeps the score at 1-0 with a dive.
At 39' the doubling of the most awaited and most discussed man: a delightful touch from Politano on the outside for the central insertion of osimhen that right does not tremble face to face with Silvestri, ball in the corner and 2-0 that puts the match on ice. In the final still Lovric he tries from outside, grazing the crossbar: ball out, we go to rest with the Napoli ahead by two lengths.
Finally Kvara and Cholito: poker and 3 points in the safe
Authoritarian recovery that of the men of Garcia, in total control of the game and the result.
In the first 15 minutes there were also two huge opportunities to make it three and definitively close the game. The first was a long-range shot by osimhen, who at 54' on the suggestion of Lobotka he crosses with his right foot, just missing the opposite post.
Four minutes kvaratskhelia comes close to returning to scoring: a volley from a cross by politan which crashes against the post. Time for substitutions at 62': he leaves amidst applause from Maradona osimhen, space a Simeon.
Out too politan for LindstromThe new arrivals start off on the right foot: the Dane passes the ball shortly after to Cholito who however kicks badly in front of Silvestri.
At 68′ fortune turns its back again on Fourth, who hits the inside post with a sensational shot from outside the area. The third change, in the 71st minute, is the entrance of Cfit for Zielinski.
After two posts and many occasions, finally comes the personal joy for kvaratskhelia: bad mistake by jewelry in the disengagement phase, the Georgian wins back the ball, jumps with a lob Silvestri and scores into an empty net. It's 3-0 and above all the return to scoring for number 77, who is then the protagonist of a liberating celebration with all the fans.
Two goals followed in the space of two minutes: a world-class goal by Samardzic who takes advantage of a somewhat static Azzurri defense, skips over everyone like skittles and also beats Meret for 3-1. He doesn't even have time to put the ball in the center of the field that kvaratskhelia he runs away on the wing and finds Simeone with a precise cross: header and back to goal also for Cholito for the Azzurri poker.
It ends 4-1.
Article published on 27 September 2023 - 22:37
