June 17, 2020 – 04:20 pm.
Agency AFP – The Country
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It was not on the pitch, but what he enjoyed, what took place and was excited as if he had played those last 90 minutes of the final of the Italian Cup against Juventus.
By accumulation of yellow, David Ospina is deprived of being in the festival final, which crowned yesterday at the Naples at the Olympic stadium in Rome, defeating on penalties 4-2 to the favorite, Juventus Cristiano Ronaldo, Paulo Dybala and Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, among others.
But the goalkeeper of colombian you can say that the title of the Italy Cup is so much his own, since that was the major figure in the semi-final match against Inter, closing his bow and securing the ticket of his team for the final.
Ospina reached their first major title in Italy, an award that reaffirms it as one of the figures of the cast napolitano and secure it in addition to as a key man in the tactical structure that handles the technical Genaro Gatusso.
The other side of the coin
In the field of play, in the absence of Ospina, there was another colombian, and on the other side: Juan Guillermo Cuadrado.
The antioquia started from the right side of Juventus, leaving many cases offensive to be associated with Dybala, Christian and Douglas Costa, the men of the attack of the team of Turin.
In the period complementary to the coach Maurizio Sarri decided to release him from obligations defensive, entering to Danilo for right side, and giving him the opportunity to Square to go higher up.
With this new feature, Square was in what has long been known: treading constantly field opposite, opening up the pitch for the right and trying to filter balls for any of the front of the Juve.
The colombian turned up where he could, but the fatigue took a toll because, as he said recently, back after three months of inactivity is not easy. For that reason, was relieved in the 84th minute, allowing the entry of Ramsey.
Christian, a shadow
Juventus had hoped that their biggest star, Cristiano Ronaldo, guide him to a new title.
But the Portuguese was a shadow in the Olympic stadium, little could be done against a defense well stop of Naples, its speed and power this time it didn’t work, and withdrew from the field with the bitterness you have joined a great failure.
The Naples was a practical equipment, that left the initiative to his opponent, it picked up well in your area and each time was able to came out in backlash always hand in hand Alley, Fabian, Insigne and Mertens.
The match in the 90 minutes ended 0-0, so there was that to go to the release from the penalty spot.
Juventus failed Dybala and Danilo; Christian did not reach to collect the fifth of his team, while Naples had fortune with Outstanding, Politano, Maksimovic and Milik, who clinched a title that David Ospina held from the stands.
The Italian Cup is the second trophy delivered in the major european competitions since the interruption of the football in mid-march, before the unstoppable spread of the coronavirus.
The keeper colombian David Ospina made no part of the box napolitano for being punished after accumulating two yellow cards.
In Juventus was the owner Juan Guillermo Cuadrado.
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