Stops the again Naples of Gennaro Gattuso. After Wednesday’s defeat in Italian Super Cup against the Juventus, the blues also fall a Verona per 3-1 and run into the sixth knockout in the league, which blocks them at sixth place at -9 from the summit.
In the other match of the afternoon of the nineteenth day of A league, the Genoa measure fold a Cagliari increasingly in crisis. For the Sardinians it is the sixth consecutive defeat, Di Francesco increasingly at risk.
Verona-Naples 3-1
1 ′ Lozano (N), 34 ′ Dimarco (V), 62 ′ Barak (V), 79 ′ Zaccagni (V)
Napoli starts very strong: Lozano he scores after nine seconds, it is the fastest goal in the history of the blue club. The Mexican launched by Demme takes advantage of a mistake by Dimarco and beats Silvestri. At 34 ‘comes the tie of the hosts: Kalinic opens for Pharaohs who frees Dimarco in the area, the former Inter sign the equalizer. In the second half, Hellas overturned the game: at 62 ′ Zaccagni verticalized for Barak, who escapes Bakayoko and stabs Meret.
Gattuso throws Osimhen and Politano into the fray to get to a balance: at 71 ‘Lozano sends wide. At 79 ‘the third goal of Verona arrives, Mertens loses the ball and starts the Scaligero counterattack that leads to the trio of Weather in Zaccagni. It is the goal that closes the game.
Genoa-Cagliari 1-0
10 ′ Right (G)
First half in balance, the Griffin immediately unlocks the result with Right, served perfectly by Strootman. Cagliari have at least three chances to equalize with Joao Pedro, Ceppitelli and Nainggolan, all inaccurate. Perin in the 38th minute overtakes Simeone, before the rossoblu interval one step away from doubling with Shomurodov.
Many opportunities also in the second half, Cagliari pushes in search of a draw but fails to pass. The Ligurians are actually close to 2-0 with Zappacosta, miraculously neutralized by Cragno in the 84th minute.
OMNISPORT | 24-01-2021 17:01