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19.42 – THE FIRST TIME ENDS HERE! A Napoli in evident difficulty in this first part of the match, which managed in any case to find a draw just close to the interval thanks to Demme’s goal. Azzurri who will need a jolt – and probably some changes – in the interval, to try to reverse the course in the second half.
45’+2′ – Hard intervention by Koulibaly in midfield, yellow for the Napoli defender.
45’+1′ – The referee has allowed three minutes of injury time.
45‘- Braut gets hard on Di Lorenzo: yellow for him.
44‘- POLITANO! The blue attacker is centered from the right, unloads the shot a breath to the side! Naples which now seems to take courage!
43 & # 39; – Cross in the center, Elmas clears the conclusion but serves Mertens. Low cross from the Belgian and Demme’s winning paw for 1-1!
43 ‘- GOOOL! GOOOOL! GOOOOL! GOOOOL! GOOOOOL! DEMME! DEMME! DEMME! DRAW NAPLES!
41‘- Napoli insists, constant pressure from the Azzurri.
40‘- Rijeka that in this final phase hides completely behind the ball line.
39‘- Mario Rui has space on the left, puts in the cross but it is too long. Ball directly on the bottom.
38‘- Cross from the flag, the ball crosses the area and reaches Mertens who ends badly. Ball out.
37‘- Here’s another corner kick for Napoli, the Azzurri push.
36‘- Some physical problems for Escoval. The referee stops the game, but nothing serious.
35‘- Politano bowl inside the flag, a tense cross that is put away by the defense of Rijeka.
34‘- Another corner kick won by Napoli.
33‘- Winning intervention by Di Lorenzo in coverage, the full-back starts again at speed but is knocked out with a foul. Free kick Napoli.
32‘- Mertens starts from the flag, ball on Petagna who commits a foul in attack. Free kick Rijeka.
31‘- Corner kick won by Napoli.
30‘- Politano started in speed and is spread by Smolcic, the referee draws the yellow for the Rijeka player.
29‘- Politano wriggle on the right, he lets go of the cross aimed towards Elmas who enters but does not reach the ball by a whisker.
27‘- Loncar tries the shot from outside, the ball ends on the side.
26‘- KULENOVIC! Incredible Kulenovic Action! He starts quickly on the left, jumps first Di Lorenzo and then Koulibaly, on returning to the area he knocks out Koulibaly again entering with a tunnel, goes to the conclusion and finds Meret’s answer!
25‘- Muric can’t do it and is forced to leave, Yateke entered.
24‘- Foul in attack on the developments of the corner, free kick for Napoli.
23‘- Muric takes the free-kick from the left and bowl inside, good Di Lorenzo who anticipates everyone and puts in a corner kick.
22‘- Politano holds back and puts down Menalo, who has started at speed, takes the yellow.
21‘- Koulibaly misses a simple opening for Mario Rui. The blues are too frantic now.
20‘- Some physical problems for Muric, forced to go out temporarily to be treated by the medical staff.
19‘- MERET! Ball directly into goal from the flag, careful the Napoli goalkeeper who pushes away with his fists.
18‘- Corner kick won by Rijeka.
17‘- Demme flies badly on the left for Mertens: Napoli will have to put their ideas in order.
16‘- Azzurri now in constant offensive projection in search of a draw.
15‘- Napoli tries to answer: enveloping action of the Azzurri, Di Lorenzo tries the tense cross that is put out by the opposing defense.
13 ‘- GOAL OF RIJEKA! Fast action of the Croats, ball on the right for Muric who from outside the square with the left-handed putting the ball at the bottom corner to the right of Meret! Forward the home team.
12‘- Filtering in the area for Mertens, who controls and goes from Petagna to the center, but the two do not understand each other.
10‘- Cross in the center towards Petagna. In the duel with Velkoski the Rijeka defender remains on the ground and the referee stops the game.
9‘- Fast action by Rijeka on the right, ball in for Kulenovic who is anticipated by Meret’s exit.
8‘- Mario Rui feints the cross and converges in the center, then pits for Petagna. I unload to look for Lobotka, but the triangulation is wrong.
7‘- Koulibaly makes a mistake in handling the ball and gives Menalo on the frontline. Percussion of the number 17, which reaches the edge of the area. Di Lorenzo ends in a slide.
6‘- Di Lorenzo goes in depth to Politano, who, however, cannot make a complicated connection.
5‘- Rijeka fails to take advantage of the corner, Napoli containing the opponents.
4‘- LESS! The number 17 receives on twenty meters and kicks. Meret rejects for a corner.
2‘- Napoli holds the ball for 110 seconds and in the last ten undergoes the restart of Rijeka. Ball for Kulenovic, whose cross is returned, however, in a lateral foul.
1 ‘- THE GAME BEGINS!
18.46 – After the warm-up, the teams return. Everything is ready!
18.25 – Cristiano Giuntoli, sporting director of Napoli, before the Europa League match against Rijeka he spoke at the microphone of Sky Sport: “It is an important match because the Europa League is an important competition for us, it represents one of the four seasonal goals together with the league , Italian Cup and Super Cup “.
On Monday you could have several players called up by the national teams. Are you ready to battle with some other club? “Surely it would be appropriate in such a delicate moment to leave the players as calm and isolated as possible and we too believe it would be better if they left them in Naples.”
Is Gattuso often doing turnover because he has a complete squad available? “Rino, except with AZ, has shown he knows how to rotate all the boys and has already changed form a couple of times. We think we are a complete team, capable of satisfying the fans and the president who has made some efforts. we have to keep looking for the best of ourselves. To say experiments is risky, but Rino is trying to rotate everyone “.
Having Insigne and Mertens not at 100% of the condition could have influenced so far? “We had a month in which we did without Zielinski, Elmas, Insigne. Good players, who sometimes blow the balance. Forwards, the difference is often made by jumping men and they create superiority. We have many variables, but these three absences weighed on us. We created a lot and immediately little, in the long run we believe that this will come out “.
18.10 – The blues start warming up.
17.45 – Naples arrived at the stadium.
17.30 – OFFICIAL TRAINING – Confirmed the anticipations of the eve. Gattuso makes 7 changes compared to the starting eleven with Sassuolo: Meret returns between the posts, Maksimovic and Mario Rui in defense; in midfield the couple Demme Lobotka while Elmas returns, in the trio with Politano and Mertens, behind Petagna who is the seventh new lineup. Sidedly defensive with a 5-3-2, as expected, for Rijeka
RIJEKA (5-3-2): Nevistic; Tomecak, Escoval, Velkoski, Smolcic, Braut; Muric, Cerin, Loncar; Kulenovic, Menalo. All. Rozman
NAPLES (4-2-3-1): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Maksimovic, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Demme, Lobotka; Politano, Mertens, Elmas; Petagna
Latest training – For the match against Rijeka Rino Gattuso should have seven changes compared to the last match against Sassuolo. This was reported by Sky Sport, according to which the returning Elmas will also start from the first minute, on the trocar on the left, with Mertens in the center and Politano on the other side. Rotations in defense in midfield: Maksimovic, Demme and Lobotka will meet again (together for the first time in 4-2-3-1). Here is the probabil formation reported by the satellite broadcaster.
All of Rijeka is (economically) less than Elmas (click here)
Preview – Napoli cannot be wrong. On the field of Rijeka, the fourth group of the group, Gattuso’s team is called to victory to direct the Europa League grouping, also taking advantage of the first intersection in the other challenge between Real Sociedad and AZ, the latter surprisingly still full marks. An appointment that Gattuso does not intend to underestimate, not only because he has already played and lost with Rijeka, among other things on his debut in Europe as a coach with Milan. “They play 5-3-2, 3 years ago I lost here but the team was different, now they know how to defend well and we will have little space. We know what awaits us and that in Europe there are no easy games. Even with Real Sociedad. they had their chances, we need the real Napoli “, the words in the press conference, citing the challenge in Croatia of the Spaniards, actually won only in the 93rd minute and the tactical difficulties that can take over against the defenses deployed, as already happened with AZ but also with Sassuolo (“they defended themselves with the center of gravity on 30 meters and not on 60 as usual”).
Tricks that everyone adopts a little after having admired Osimhen demolishing Atalanta in the open field, but the Nigerian will be the only one absent – due to disqualification – from today’s match. Gattuso should make seven changes, as happened with Real Sociedad, starting with Petagna center forward. Behind him, the trio of attacking midfielders should be made up of Politano on the right, Mertens in the center (favorite over Zielinski who will play one piece, like the other returning, Lorenzo Insigne) and Elmas on the left, recovered and protagonist yesterday in the press conference. In midfield the couple Demme-Lobotka (with Fabian ready to take over) while in defense Maksimovic with Koulibaly, the only one at the moment not to be in the rotations, with Di Lorenzo on the right and Mario Rui on the left and the seventh rotation represented by Meret between the poles.
Friends of Tuttonapoli, good evening and welcome to the direct text of Rijeka-Napoli, valid for the third day of the Europa League grouping
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