Napoli-Lazio 1-1 In the 11th matchday of Serie A
THE GOALS
Napoli-LAZIO 0-1 in the 28th minute, goal by Frattesi. Noslin has space on the left, points to the opponent's area and touches vertically to Frattesi who, anticipating Rrahmani, slips the ball between the post and the goalkeeper with a perfect left-footed finish
NAPLES-Lazio 1-1 in the 48th minute by Pedraza. Soft cross from Lang from the left, Hojlund and McTominay fall on the ball but the decisive deflection is that of Pedraza
The news
League leaders Lazio are slowing down their move to the top of the table, which in any case will be guaranteed before the national team break. At Maradona, Gennaro Gattuso's team drew 1-1 and maintained their unbeaten record even if they suffered the reaction of Napoli who had found themselves behind in the first half due to a goal by Frattesi.
Despite the difficult moment, with an eve of controversy and the withdrawal decided by the club, the Azzurri reacted and found a useful point more for morale than for the standings. In the end, the Maradona crowd gave the players boos of disapproval, a fate that had already befallen Massimiliano Allegri before the start, but Napoli's performance was certainly not the worst in recent times.
On the other hand, it cannot be forgotten that the coach finds only Olivera available, but still has to give up eight players from the squad, all injured, and Marianucci, who is suspended. In the first half, Napoli are timid and tense and Lazio dominates in the middle of the field and repeatedly breaks through on the offensive front, especially on the left wing where Beukema and Vergara suffer from Tavares' overlaps with Noslin. The league leaders' opening goal came in the 27th minute on a counterattack. Noslin serves Frattesi in depth who anticipates Rrahmani in the area to beat Milinkovic-Savic.
Napoli attempted a reaction which resulted in a series of actions promoted almost exclusively by Lang, often booed by the crowd, who repeatedly placed crosses in the center of the area, which were never exploited by his teammates. At the end of the half, Mandas performed a miracle by blocking a ball touched with little determination by Hojlund on the goal line. The equalizer came at the start of the second half.
It's the 3rd minute when the Azzurri develop an action on the left with Lang placing a cross in front of the goal which McTominay and Hojlund pounce on and Pedraza, in an attempt to clear it, deflects the ball behind Mandas. Once the equalizer was scored, Napoli regained their confidence and spirit of initiative and closed off Lazio in their own half. The scoring opportunities for the Azzurri are starting to flow. MacTominay, Olivera and above all De Bruyne, with a shot blocked by the goalkeeper and on the subsequent rebound, favorable to the Belgian, deflected onto the goal line by Belahyane, went very close to doubling the score. In this phase of the match there was a protest from the fans towards Lang after the Dutchman made a disapproving gesture towards the stands at the end of a play. Napoli's supremacy lasts about twenty minutes after which the match becomes more balanced, with continuous reversals of the playing front. The teams found it more difficult to build scoring actions and only in the final minutes did the Azzurri come close to scoring with a scissors kick shot by McTominay that went over the crossbar. Lazio therefore maintains its unbeaten record and Napoli takes a small but significant step forward towards emerging from the tunnel.
