Atalanta-Napoli 1-2: Lookma from penalty, Osimhen and Elmas

by our correspondent Andrea Elefante

November 5
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Napoli’s ninth consecutive victory within the championship is a painful symphony, but in addition due to this all of the extra important and vital: as a result of Spalletti’s staff locations one other fragment of its escape exhibiting not solely that it is aware of the way to be stunning, that it has a striker who is aware of the way to do it. to turn into devastating (for Osimhen a aim and an help), but in addition to have the ability to endure and react. For the drawback, a little bit of inevitable fatigue, after the journey to Liverpool, and the courageous angle of an Atalanta that within the second half pressured him to withstand as he had hardly ever had to do that season. Exactly that restoration, and the primary quarter of an hour of the sport, are the property that stay within the palms of Gasperini, past the second consecutive defeat at residence, after the one towards Lazio and a few errors of the youth that must be corrected .

THE OPTIONS

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For the primary time this season, Gasperini chooses the identical line-up as within the earlier sport, due to this fact that of Empoli: Scalvini stays in protection with Toloi and Demiral, in the midst of the sphere along with Koopmeiners there’s Ederson, whereas Pasalic is the midfielder offense behind Hojlund and Lookman. Spalletti resolves the query of the alternative of Kvaratskhelia by Elmas and in that band, behind him, prefers Olivera to Mario Rui; confirmed Juan Jesús paired with Kim and within the offensive trident, as anticipated, along with the Macedonian there are Lozano and Osimhen.

FIRST HALF

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The primary quarter of an hour is sort of all Atalanta, who reply to Napoli’s dribble with nice aggression in urgent, but in addition the precise moments to search for the weak a part of Spalletti’s staff within the second half. It already occurs within the third minute, when a throw from Maehle finds the development of Lookman, who doesn’t shut the escape with the shot however prefers to serve Hojlund who arrives from the opposite aspect: the door is extensive open, however the Dane in as a substitute of crossing the conclusion he tries the primary publish, which Meret covers with a fantastic intervention. However Atalanta break by way of 1 / 4 of an hour later – a Koopmeiners nook is paraded into the realm and within the blow and restart that breaks out, Osimhen’s arm indifferent from his physique is recognized after Var indicators and evaluations the video from Mariani The Dutchman, who every week in the past had made a mistake from the spot in Empoli, leaves the shot to Lookman, who virtually from the stoppage, with a stone underneath the crossbar, scores his sixth aim within the league, or what number of he had marked. all through the final event with Leicester. However Napoli didn’t break, regained possession of the match and put issues again in place 4′, once more within the growth of a nook: Atalanta misses the exit on Zielinski and on the Polish cross the coat of Osimhen burns either side. greatest nerazzurri jumpers, Hateboer and Demiral. It’s the Nigerian’s eighth aim within the League, however the first in a header, which brings Napoli’s whole to eight. Atalanta had but to concede a aim from the opposition striker, however Osimhen was additionally decisive at 2-1, when Anguissa’s shot discovered him working head-to-head with Demiral – the Turk as a substitute of rejecting him or “accompanying -lo” tries the ahead, loses it and his serve within the central space finds Elmas free sufficient from Hateboer’s management to beat Musso.

SECOND HALF

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Within the second half, no less than for half an hour, there’s extra Atalanta than Naples. The difficulty for Gasperini’s staff, earlier than accusing an inevitable relegation within the closing after having spent a lot in the hunt for 2-2, was to not notice the federal government of the match and the dominance in the midst of the Naples Even slightly unfortunate on the primary event, within the tenth minute, when an escape from Maehle ends with a shot on which Meret performs one other half-miracle: the rebound goes to the foot of Lookman, whose shot is deflected to the face by Olivera on the crossbar. Then again, Hojlund’s error at 18′: a restart began by Maehle and completed by Pasalic nonetheless finds Lookman on the run, however as soon as once more the Nigerian’s potential help is wasted by the Dane. From a chance to reopen the sport to at least one to shut it, at Simeone’s toes, after a counterattack opened by Elmas and closed by the Argentine with a strangled conclusion on the backside. Atalanta all the best way once more, however Meret continues to be on track over Malinovskyi within the thirty eighth minute and the Nerazzurri’s last-ditch effort ends with the final joke as a fantastic shot from distance by Maehle, the most effective, is denied … by Scalvini.