Fiorentina-Napoli 1-2, the report cards: Rrahmani and Koulibaly top pair. Vlahovic off
FIORENTINA-NAPLES 1-2 (28 ‘Martinez Quarta, 38’ Lozano, 50 ‘Rrahmani)
FIORENTINA (edited by Mattia Alfano)
Dragowski 6.5 – Not very busy in the first half hour of the match, he senses and saves Insigne’s penalty. He is then unfortunate because Lozano swoops over his counter and stabs him.
Odriozola 6.5 – Always accompanies the advances of Callejon, which in fact on the right, on more than one occasion, is in numerical superiority. (from 77 ‘ Benassi sv)
Milenkovic 6.5 – Wins almost all aerial duels, even when he has to fight another giant like Osimhen. It also gets along well in the construction phase.
Fourth 6 – Do and undo. First he gives his team the advantage with a nice turn on the fly, then complicates Viola’s plans by sinking Osimhen in the area, for which Sozza can only grant a penalty.
Biraghi 6 – Its the corner from which comes the advantage of the lilies. He can and should be quicker to cross when he receives the ball on the left. In the second fraction the freshness of Politano suffers.
Bonaventure 6.5 – Tear the field centrally and try to keep the wards glued by unhooking from Pulgar. He often tries to serve the Viola forwards, who are however blocked for the whole match by Spalletti’s central players. (from 77 ‘ Kokorin sv)
Pulgar 6 – He fences carefully the back line behind him, he comes out after the hour of play because he is exhausted. (from 65 ‘ Torreira 6 – Gives dynamism and balance to the median of the lilies.)
Duncan 6.5 – Often sins of inaccuracy when it arrives in the opponent’s trocar. In the interdiction phase he is impeccable, doing a great job in marking on Zielinski. (from 77 ‘ Maleh sv)
Callejon 6 – On the pitch he gives everything for an hour, sacrificing a lot without the ball. However, his contribution in the attack phase is not enough. (from 57 ‘ Thin 6.5 – He enters and is immediately very lively, with his accelerations he tries to worry the Neapolitan rearguard.)
Nico González 6.5 – The best in the purple advanced department. On the left he often manages to get the better of Di Lorenzo, who struggles to contain him.
Vlahovic 5.5 – Few recipes, very few playable balls. Harnessed by the Neapolitan cage. However, his assist for the winning conclusion of Martinez Quarta.
All. Vincenzo Italiano 6.5 – His is a team that already has a clear identity. Courageous and aggressive, his boys manage to put any Serie A opponent underneath. However, there is a lack of continuity within the match and this, when you don’t close the games, you often pay for it.
NAPLES (edited by Simone Bernabei)
Ospina 6.5 – There is when the opportunity calls him into question, while on the goal of Quarta he can really little. As usual, excellent management of the game with the feet
By Lorenzo 5.5 – Fiorentina’s dangerous actions are often on his side, with Nico Gonzalez missing him on more than one occasion. And in the offensive phase it is seen less than usual
Rrahmani 7 – By now he has taken away the place of Manolas, we can safely say. And there will obviously be some reason. For Spalletti it is important in that defensive phase, but it is fundamental in the offensive one
Koulibaly 7 – Another performance of absolute level, for the Senegalese center. Fiorentina pushes and presses, he lives and manages everything with the calm of great champions
Mario Rui 6 – On his side the former teammate Callejon has very few ideas, as well as Odriozola is frequently dangerous on the bottom. It is felt in the coverage phase and less than usual in projection, in short
Anguissa 6 – A few more difficulties compared to the previous derivatives, concerned the precise palletising. However, his presence is particularly felt in the second half
Fabiano 6.5 – The left-handed passage, without looking, on the vertical for Osimhen is a jewel of technique and peripheral vision. A shot that enriches his race (from 84 ‘ Mertens sv
Lozano 7 – Play intermittently, alternating gusts with moments of absence. But apparently that’s enough for him, given that he scores the fundamental equalizer (from 57 ‘ Politano 6.5 – Get into the match well, with the usual outgassed and with a fundamental work of coverage and restart)
Zielinski 6.5 – He is probably not in the best of conditions yet, but behind the goal based on Rrahmani’s scheme there is his refined left-hander (from 57 ‘ Elmas 5.5 – Arrives a few millimeters late on Osimhen’s invitation to kiss)
teaches 5.5 – It goes without saying that the wrong penalty, from which the Azzurri goal is born, has a weight in the judgment. Substituted after a few balls not managed at best, he takes it out on Spalletti (from 70 ‘ Demme 6 – First real minutes of his season. Excellent news for Spalletti)
Osimhen 6.5 – He doesn’t score, but he leaves his mark anyway. In the moment of difficulty, Napoli relies on its speed which gives rise to the penalty that leads to 1-1, but also several other untapped scoring opportunities (from 84 ‘ Petagna sv)
Luciano Spalletti 7 – He starts suffering from Fiorentina’s dribble, but it takes little to find the right balance for his Napoli. Seventh victory out of 7 games, first armored position and another excellent signal in view of the future of the season