Cremonese goes on penalties
Cremonese clamorously eliminates Napoli from the Italian Cup: the Lombards go through to penalties in Maradona after the 2-2 draw in regulation time, Lobotka’s mistake from the penalty spot was decisive.
Surprising outcome for the round of 16 match Italian Cup who pitted the first and last of the Serie A standings. After the 2-2 with which the regulation time and extra time ended, Cremonese with Napoli clamorously detached the passage for the quarterfinals where they will face Roma eliminated. Lobotka’s mistake from the penalty spot and the last penalty converted by Felix Afena-Gyan were decisive for qualifying.
A qualification that came at the end of a match that hadn’t already started well for the current Serie A leaders. In fact, Ballardini’s men had got off to a better start (the first on the Lombards’ bench after Alvini’s sacking) who, after having risked a dubious contact with Gaetano in the guest area (one of the many contested decisions taken by the all-female referee team led by referee Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi), they had managed to take the lead with Pickel who deposited Okereke’s inviting assist into the net, leaving no way out for the innocent Meret.
However, the immediate goal wakes up Napoli who at the end of a frantic melee in the Cremonese area find an equalizer with Juan Jesus. The goal, highly contested by the Grigiorossi who protested an alleged foul by Simeone on the goalkeeper Carnesecchi, gave the Neapolitans further enthusiasm who on the Zerbin – Cholito axis completed the comeback after just three minutes, taking the lead.
Over time, the many reserves sent onto the pitch by the two coaches seem to suffer a lot from the fatigue with the match starting up only in flashes and for almost the entire second half giving very little emotion with the “starters” sent onto the pitch by Spalletti who affect. In the final, the guests try to raise the pace again to score the goal that would allow them to take the match to extra time, a goal that arrives a few minutes from the 90th minute with the header of a very free Felix Afena-Gyan who surprises Meret and extends the ‘I find.
At the start of the first overtime, Napoli seems to struggle but an ingenuity by Sernicola (clear stomp on Anguissa and inevitable second yellow card) revives the Neapolitans who immediately go very close to scoring with Osimhen who as soon as he enters calls for the difficult intervention Carnesecchi and with Simeone who tap-in is unfortunate with the ball first hitting the post, then the crossbar and finally bouncing off the feet of an opponent who can sweep the ball away.
Strengthened by numerical superiority, the hosts try to score the goal that would avoid penalty kicks but, due to the interventions of the Lombard goalkeeper and the imprecision of the Neapolitan attackers, under the flood that in the meantime has hit Maradona he is unable to scratch the ‘arcigna Cremonese rearguard having to play for the next round from the spot. In the lottery of penalties the only one to make a mistake is Lobotka, while Afena Gyan is very cold in converting the decisive penalty for the historic qualification for the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup of the Cremonese.
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