Napoli-Frosinone 3-0 at Maradona for the sixth matchday of Serie A
THE RANKING
RESULTS AND PROGRAM
THE GOALS
- At 90'+4 NAPLES-Frosinone 3-0 De Bruyne (Napoli) right-footed shot from very close range to the center of the goal. Assist by Giovane.
- At 32' NAPLES-Frosinone 2-0. Lang scores with a right-footed shot from the center of the box, the ball directed into the bottom right corner
- At 29' NAPLES-Frosinone 1-0. Kevin De Bruyne converts the spot kick into a right-footed shot into the bottom right corner. Goal awarded after VAR review.
SEE THE LIVE OF NAPLES-FROSINONE
THE MATCH
(by Mario Zaccaria)
Napoli returns to victory and slows down Frosinone who have achieved four consecutive useful results. Allegri makes the most of the squad he currently has at his disposal, considering the many injured players and tries to rotate the starters as much as possible also because on Tuesday he will have to play at Villarreal in the second round of the Champions League group.
The Tuscan coach changes the tactical formation and goes from the 4-3-3 used until now to the 3-4-2-1 with Lobotka and De Bruyne as a midfield pair and Neres and Lang supporting Hojlund's offensive game trying to get around the Frosinone defence. As the third on the left in the three-man defence, the Napoli coach launches Badiashile, who is making his debut at Maradona and is the author of a convincing performance. The first minutes are of great suffering for Alvini's team. Napoli attacked with their heads down and after just 3' Hojlund hit the post with a shot from short range.
Frosinone does not limit itself to trying to contain the opponents' attacks but plays its game with courage and also with a good spirit of initiative. However, despite the excellent work of the midfielders and the initiatives of Raimondo and especially Kvernadze, they fail to create good opportunities to reach the conclusion. Napoli took the lead on a penalty kick converted in the 29th minute by De Bruyne and awarded by the referee for a foul by Cittadini on Hojlund.
The first conclusion is entrusted to the Dane who has his shot blocked by the Frosinone goalkeeper. The game resumes but after a few seconds the referee Feliciani, on a report from the VAR, makes a reply because Palmisani did not have both feet on the goal line at the time of the shot. The second goal for Allegri's team came in the 32nd minute. Palmisani blocks a close shot from Di Lorenzo and Lang pounces on the ball and sends it into the back of the net. In the second half Allegri brought in McTominay, who resumed his place in the team after a month and a half, and Napoli took a more conservative attitude than in the first half. In this phase of the match Frosinone is more proactive even if Alvini's team has difficulty in converting the large volume of play from its midfield with dangerous actions. The match lost intensity as the minutes passed and revived only a few seconds before the end of added time when De Bruyne took advantage of Giovane's cross from the left and deflected the ball into the back of the net.
