GENOVA (ITALPRESS) – Victory to cardiopalms and vital importance for Naples. The Italian champions of Antonio Conte exceed 3-2 Genoa in full recovery in the transfer of Ferraris: decide the double of Rasmus Hojlund (his decisive rigour at 95° and with the blues in 10 to 76° for the expulsion of Juan Jesus) and a goal of Scott McTominay (sounds the alarm for his injury, the eND for the team). A game full of emotions with the barrel and response that begins with the advantage of the Grifone arrived from 11 meters with Malinovskyi, while the momentary 2-2, after the remonta partenopea, had been of Colombo.
Ready away and Good morning misses a retropass for Meret, which stretches Vitinha in penalty area: Massa, after a Var review, confirms the decision to assign the penalty. Ruslan Malinovskyi shows up on the floppy and smoothes Meret, bringing to the advantage of the redness of Mr. De Rossi. The Italian champions try to reorganize and, after a phase of study, at 20′ agguantano the tie with Rasmus Hojlund, skillful in making the tap-in winning after Bijlow’s short rejected. Not even the time to metabolize the 1-1 for the hosts, that Naples signs the network of surprise a few seconds later: Scott McTominay downloads a beautiful right from the distance, which leaves no escape to the opponent’s goalkeeper.
After a spectacular start of the race, the rhythms of the game are lowered and no worthy occasions are recorded. A few minutes from the end of the first time Norton-Cuffy attempts an insidious conclusion from the distance, but it ends slightly above the crossing. Rest on part of 1-2. In the McTominay shooting, he was forced to abandon the playing ground for a physical problem already accused in the first time, instead Giovane entered. The game seems to live a stall phase, but to break it is another very serious mistake of Buongiorno, which is stolen by Lorenzo Colombo: the former Milan presents itself in front of Meret and deposits on the net for the 2-2 of Genoa. At 63′ the guests have a double opportunity to go back, first with a shooting of Gutierrez that is walled, and then with a conclusion of Lobotka. The match for Naples is even more uphill to 76′, when Juan Jesus commits a glaring naivety and gets expelled for double warning a few seconds before the change.
In the final the blues, despite the numerical inferiority, get a penalty kick for Cornet’s foul on Vergara: from 11 meters goes Rasmus Hojlund who, with a thrill, overcomes Bijlow. The reddish siege of the last seconds does not pay, the Italian champions bring home a very strong second consecutive victory and remain in third place.
IL TABELLINO DELLA PARTITA
GENOA (3-5-2): Bijlow 6; Markers 6.5, Ostigard 6, Vasquez 6; Norton-Cuffy 6, Frendrup 6.5, Malinovskyi 7 (29’st Masini 6), Ellertsson 6, Martin 6 (29’st Messias 5.5); Vitinha 5.5 (44’st Cornet 5), Colombo 6.5 (19’st Ekuban 5.5). On the bench: Leali, Sommariva, Amorim, Zatterstrom, Onana, Sabelli, Ekhator, Otoa. Coach: De Rossi 6.
NAPOLI (3-4-2-1): Meret 5.5; Rrahmani 6.5, Buongiorno 4.5 (14’st Beukema 6), Juan Jesus 5; Gutierrez 5, Lobotka 6.5, McTominay 7 (1’st Young 5, 32’st Olivera 6), Spinazzola 6; Vergara 5.5, Elmas 5.5; Hojlund 7. On the bench: Contini, Milinkovic-Savic, Lukaku, Alisson, Prisco, De Chiara. Coach: Count 6.
ARBITRO: Massa di Imperia 5.
RETI: 3’pt (rig) Malinovskyi, 20’pt and 50’st (rig) Hojlund, 21’pt McTominay, 12’st Colombo. NOTES: Rainy evening, playing ground heavy by rain. 31’st Juan Jesus expelled for double admonition. Sunsets: Meret, Vasquez, Juan Jesus, Marcandalli, Spinazzola. Angles: 4-3. Recovery: 2′, 4′.
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