The expulsion of Di Lorenzo after 19 minutes condemns Conte’s team: at the Eithad to pass is Guardiola with the goal of the usual Norwegian bomber and the doubling of the Belgian
Rejected. Napoli goes to the bottom of Manchester, with the Alibi of having played in 10 against 11 from the 21st minute for the expulsion of the captain of Lorenzo but then picked into the second half from the talent of the City, with the 2-0 signed by Erling Haaland (goal number 50 to the 49th Champions League game in his career, a record) and by Jérémy Doku, who closes the match after 65 ‘. Impossible to know how it would end in numerical equal, impossible to understand what the game would have changed if after the red Antonio Conte had not chosen to remove the incredulous Kevin de Bruyne, the best of Napoli until there, to rebalance the team at 26 ‘. Napoli put behind defending, but in the second half the wall did not hold up and the first defeat of the season has arrived. The City of Guardiola, on the other hand, continues to grow: after the stop they make two wins in a row, 5 total goals and none granted. On Sunday in the premier there is the trip to the Arsenal home, perfect for testing the true level of Guardiola’s team.
the game
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The expulsion changes everything. It is the 21 ‘when the referee goes to the monitor to review a foul by Di Lorenzo on Haaland who initially ignored and is convinced that the Napoli captain denied the Norwegian one clear opportunity for goal: the foul is questionable, but when the choice of red is decided to sanction it is inevitable. Conte chooses to remove De Bruyne by ruining the party for his return, he chooses to defend and leave the game at the City, that he takes it so much that the miracles (plural) of Milinkovic-Savic serve to send Napoli to rest on 0-0. After 10 ‘of recovery, the blue coach adds Juan Jesus and moves on to the three -way defense, but immediately after he goes under, with Foden invents a dark that has the lead has the lead. The team goes out, the City doubles at 65 ‘with a magic of Doku. And the first in the Champions League of Conte’s Napoli, in fact, ends there.
indications
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Conte on the eve had talked about lesson to learn from the masters and learned it: in the Champions League you cannot grant anything, especially an expulsion after 20 ‘which completely upsets the plans. Also thanks to the numerical inferiority, when the City climbed Naples, Napoli did not go after him. And then he gave up. The Italian champions will have other opportunities to prove they are at the level of the greats in Europe. At Guardiola it remains a facilitated victory from the 70 ‘in numerical superiority, but the indications for him are positive: Haaland continues to score, Phil Foden has changed the game when in the second half he moved behind the Norwegian (the assist for the 1-0 is his, a pearl), Rodri grows and Gigio Donnarumma, who had to make a single parade, is a security. At this moment the City must understand its current level and its potential: the last two games say that it can return to being very high.
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