He Naples this Saturday made their drama worse by losing against the Empoli (1-0), a team fighting to avoid relegation but once again exposed the champion of the ‘Scudetto’, incompetent in defense, ineffective in attack and outside the European positions despite the new quota of A series.
The period of Naples it’s a nightmare. Ten defeats, nine draws, three coaches, out of the Italian Cup, European competitions and the fight to keep the title. The arrival of Francesco Calzona The bank seems to be easing the situation at one point, but the truth is that the team has not managed to keep a clean sheet for 2 months. A drama.
A defensive fragility that caused it, despite the fact that in the table of A series imagine that there are 7 teams that, at the moment, will go to Europe next season, the current champion does not exist, waiting for a miracle from the teams that survive in Europa League and Conference League to expand the quota to 8 places and to be accessible in this way.
This is a team that, despite being almost identical to the one that won the historic title last season in terms of the team, is unrecognizable. They had already drawn the previous day at home against Frosinone, another team in the fight to avoid Serie B, and this Saturday they lost to Empoliwho took the lead early and controlled the game without any major problems.
Because in less than 5 minutes, the Naples He has abandoned the usual display of lack of defensive rigor. A play by Empoli’s right-hand profile, a simple lateral center, ended in Alberto Cerri finished easily, with almost no opposition, to beat Alex Meret and put the victory on track. The scorer barely lasted 20 minutes on the field, injured in a defensive play.
Naples tried to react in the second half. But there is more heart than head. And in Empoli That suited him well, as his low block prevented any danger from Naples. Not even the Georgian Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, the most successful of the Neapolitans all season, he is good to save a tie.
It just is Calzones with Nigerian Victor Osimhen and Argentine Giovanni Simeone, whom he brought on in the 88th minute, in attack. But even with that, Napoli did not have a clear chance to tie the game. He Empoli He didn’t miss the all-important 3 points to take a giant step towards safety.
He Napleswith its drama increasing day by day, is waiting for a miracle to compete in Europe next season.
Data sheet:
1 – Empoli: Caprile; Bereszynski, Walukiewicz, Luperto; Gyasi, Grassi (Bastoni, m.82), Maleh, Pezzella (Cacace, m.82); Fazzini (Zurkowski, m.69), Cambiaghi (Cancellieri, m.69); Cerri (Niang, m.20).
0 – Naples: Meret; Di Lorenzo, Ostigard, Juan Jesus, Natan (Mazzocchi, m.46); Lobotka, Zielinski, Anguissa (Simeone, d.89); Politano (Ngonge, m.72), Kvaratskhelia (Raspadori, m.72) and Osimhen.
The objectives: 1-0, m.4: Cerri.
Referee: Mr. Manganiello. He showed a yellow card to Pezzella (m.54), Bereszynski (m.58) by Empoli; and Natan (m.36), Ngonge (m.93) of Napoli.
Incidents: match corresponding to the thirty-third match day of Serie A, played at the Carlo Castellani Stadium in Empoli (north).
Source: La Verdad
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