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3′ – The Azzurri’s scheme from a corner kick: Kvaratskhelia served at the edge of the area but he kicks the ball too much.
2′ – Brekalo misses the support for Biraghi, Lobotka takes advantage and launches Politano. The Napoli winger wins a corner.
8.00pm – THE MATCH BEGINS!
7.55pm – Teams on the pitch.
7.48pm – There is a last-minute change on the Fiorentina bench for the match against Napoli, valid for the semi-final of the Italian Super Cup. The Viola club has announced the replacement of Tommaso Vannucchi, a young goalkeeper, with Nico Gonzalez. The Argentine, initially excluded from the squad, will sit on the bench. Vice versa, the goalkeeper will pass to the stands.
7.29pm – Mauro Meluso, Napoli’s sporting director, spoke to Mediaset’s microphone before the Super Cup match against Fiorentina: “Mazzarri has been working on this game system in recent days, it’s a deployment that he also favored in the past. There was also a need because we had some defections in midfield and it was simpler with a set-up that included two midfielders.”
Objectives achieved on the market? What will Mazzocchi, Traoré and Ngonge give you?
“These were the first objectives. Now we are evaluating the situation to further improve the team. We are attentive and vigilant to seize the opportunities in a market, that of January, which is always difficult”.
Why can’t Napoli play as well as last year?
“I don’t have the magic ball, I’m going with an interpretation. Last year was an exceptional year, from every point of view. This year Mazzarri had little time to work from a tactical point of view, because he arrived when there were “It was the national teams and he couldn’t work on the concepts dear to him. Then we played every three days, all important commitments. He immediately entered into an emergency situation which prevented, despite having lost some matches undeservedly, the team However, it is expressed. Compared to last year it is far behind in points, we must look with confidence. We are in the round of 16 of the Champions League, in the championship without looking too high we must do our best to get as high as possible.”
7.25pm - Thus the general director of Fiorentina, Joe Barone, to Mediaset before the Super Cup match against Napoli: “It is an immense pride to be here tonight, to be part of this innovative and important format which also gives opportunities to other teams. These they are the fruits of the excellent work last year. The Super Cup is just one of Fiorentina’s objectives, we will have to be careful and we will see what happens.”
Is there any regret for not being able to give Italiano important additions like Vargas or Ngonge who went to Napoli?
“We have immense trust in the whole group, from the players to the coach. The dressing room is important for a team like ours. Fiorentina wasn’t there for Ngonge, so congratulations and best wishes for him, who went to Napoli, but the Fiorentina was not active on the player. Our market is on details, we are patient. But there is an important trust in the whole group, I thank the captain and above all the coach.”
On his life as a manager.
“I have played football all my life, in the United States. I managed the New York Cosmos before coming here, I come from the world of football, I had the opportunity to manage Fiorentina at this level.”
A reinforcement in the center forward role?
“Our sporting director works like everyone else, everyone listens to each other, the market is explored. We are satisfied with what Beltran and Nzola are giving us. Not many goals are arriving, but if the team is fourth in the standings, it is in the Conference League and the Super Cup is played. We need to stimulate the boys, help them when they’re down, and we are very good at staying very close to the group. Today I honestly don’t see talking about a centre-forward who should arrive, that’s what I can say today.”
7.19pm – Fiorentina defender Lucas Martinez Quarta expressed himself as follows to Mediaset’s microphones before the Super Cup semi-final against Napoli: “Today we will have our say, trying to give our all to reach another final. Are the values reset to zero? We have the utmost respect for our opponents despite the difficult moment they are experiencing. We will try to give 100% by continuing to do what we are already doing. As I have already said, we want to reach another final.”
19.10 – Pasquale Mazzocchi, Napoli winger, is the surprise choice of Walter Mazzarri, who in the Super Cup semi-final against Fiorentina switches to 3-4-2-1, with the former Salernitana player on the right. Mazzocchi himself spoke in Mediaset’s pre-match:
“Fiorentina is doing very well, we have analyzed the mistakes made in the 3-1 and we are ready to give our best, for us and for our people. We have the obligation to give everything until the last second. Expulsion against Torino? I’ve already reset everything.”
6.54pm – Alarm removed. There was an error in the list published by Lega Serie A on the official website. Now comes the correction: Piotr Zielinski is on the bench and not in the stands. The Polish midfielder is available to Mazzarri for the match against Fiorentina valid for the semi-final of the Italian Super Cup.
6.40pm – OFFICIAL LINEUPS – Big lineup changes for Napoli in this evening’s match against Fiorentina, valid for the semi-final of the Italian Super Cup. Walter Mazzarri returns to the three-man defense, inserting Mazzocchi and keeping out Zielinski, who goes to the stands. And so Di Lorenzo moves to the role of right-hand man, Juan Jesus on the center-left and Rrahmani in the middle. In midfield only Lobotka and Cajuste, with Mazzocchi and Mario Rui on the two side lanes.
According to the official lists it is a 3-4-2-1: Politano and Kvaratskhelia will act together with Simeone, preferred to Raspadori for the role of center forward. Vincenzo Italiano instead confirms the rumors. With Ikoné and Brekalo on either side of Bonaventura behind Beltran. In defense Biraghi preferred to Parisi and Martinez Fourth to Below are the official lineups.
NAPLES (3-4-2-1): Gollini; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus; Mazzocchi, Lobotka, Cajuste, Mario Rui; Politano, Kvaratskhelia; Simeon
FIORENTINA (4-2-3-1): Terracciano, Kayode, Milenkovic, Martinez Quarta, Biraghi; Arthur, Duncan; Ikoné, Bonaventura, Brekalo; Beltran
Italiano’s squad is also full of injuries: Nico Gonzalez and Dodò have returned to the group, but will not be in the match yet. The Viola coach will entrust the posts to Terracciano, to protect the goal, Milenkovic and Ranieri, on pole over Martinez Quarta. Biraghi and Faraoni will act on the laterals, ahead of Kayode. In the median you don’t touch Arthur, next to him more Duncan than Mandragora. Behind the striker there are few choices: the only full-backs are Ikoné and Brekalo, the attacking midfielder is Bonaventura with Barak on the bench. For the center forward shirt, Beltran is favored over Nzola to start from 1′.
Obligatory choices for Mazzarri: Di Lorenzo and Mario Rui will be the full-backs, with Mazzocchi from the bench, while Rrhamani and Juan Jesus will form the central pair in front of Gollini. Even in midfield the men are numbered: Cajuste is recovered and should start from the 1st minute with Lobotka and Zielinski, who in any case is not at his best. In attack the trident seen in the derby will be repeated: Politano, Kvaratskhelia and Simeone, favorite over Raspadori. Meret, Olivera, Natan and Demme are unavailable, as well as Anguissa and Osimhen involved in the Africa Cup of Nations. As for the new signings, Traoré and Ngonge, they will be able to join the team if they gain access to the final, scheduled for Monday 22 January.
“I don’t like talking about the past, we look forward” is Mazzarri’s eel-like response, but the truth is that this is truly the opportunity to redeem ourselves from that Super Cup lost in Doha in a somewhat ambiguous way, in 2012. And if not we want to talk about the past, this trophy is the opportunity for Napoli to make an already marked season less bitter, with the Scudetto having been bid farewell some time ago, the Italian Cup abandoned and the fight for fourth place anything but calm. Putting at least one trophy on the bulletin board will bring back the enthusiasm. But in football you never do things alone: Fiorentina is a prepared team, with a good coach, and tonight’s match will be very complicated.
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2024-01-18 18:39:00
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