Coppa Italia, Napoli-Fiorentina 2-5: goals from Vlahovic, Mertens, Biraghi, Petagna, Venuti, Piatek and Maleh

In extra time Fiorentina overflows and deservedly advances to the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup. But in the Maradona match, all kinds of things happen, with sensational errors and the two goals in the second half scored by the teams at that moment outnumbered. Viola advances and will find Atalanta, had they failed in the enterprise they would have had a lot to complain about an error beyond 90 ‘by Ayroldi who, in order to expel Fabian Ruiz, does not grant the advantage to the Tuscans launched towards the opponent’s goal with Ikoné and had on 1-2. The Viola get nervous, lose their lucidity and Petagna scores the 2-2 which leads to the extra time Napoli in 9 and Fiorentina in 10. At that point the Italian team, with more fresh players, spreads and scores with Venuti and then closes the challenge with the signing of the new signing Piatek and the excellent Maleh. With the blue collapse.

ALL TO THE MAXIMUM

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You understand it from the formations that line up the coaches, the best available. Spalletti compared to the victory over Sampdoria, leaves Juan Jesus in the bench by launching the new English signing, Axel Tuanzebe from the first minute. Italian confirms Vlahovic at the center of the attack and Dragowski, who had injured himself in the championship match against Napoli, on October 3, returns to the goal. The teams keep a good pace and both press hard. The vertical exits of Napoli are more effective, creating a couple of occasions with Politano and Elmas, which however are inaccurate in the last step or in the conclusion. More maneuvered the purple action, which still creates a couple of dangers. A shot from distance by Vlahovic, on which Ospina stretches well. And then the corner kick Milenkovic stands with his head, with the ball caressing the top of the crossbar.

DUSAN, THEN THE BLACK OUT

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Fiorentina took the lead with a good action: Gonzalez from the right opens to the left for Saponara who packs an assist for Vlahovic who burns Tuanzebe in speed and beats Ospina with a left foot. But for the Italian team there is little time to cheer. Dragowski clumsily postpones, Lobotka verticalizes first for Petagna, Milenkovic contrasts him in what way: ball that splashes on Mertens who, as only champions can do, first draws a perfect parable for his 143th goal with Napoli. It is not over because on an oversized pass back by Venuti, Dragowski panics and on the edge of the area he slaps Elmas launched at that point on the net. Unavoidable red.

NUMERICAL INFERIORITY

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Italian redesigns his team with 4-3-2, with Gonzalez flanked by Vlahovic, out of Saponara and in Maleh as left midfielder. Napoli – which replaces the bruised Ospina with Meret in goal – starts strong and has suffered two excellent opportunities. On the first (assist from Mertens) Petagna is imprecise in shooting, while Terracciano is good on Demme’s flying deviation. When you least expect it, here is the purple advantage. Punishment from the edge: Biraghi shoots on the barrier but on the rebound the southpaw is quick to surprise Meret on his post. Napoli gets lost, fails to assert its numerical superiority and clashes centrally without being able to give amplitude to the maneuver. And absurdly, on the counterattack, Gonzalez has the best opportunity and he wastes by shooting very high. Elmas heads a good cross from Ghoulam. Some jolts with the entrance of Lozano that on the left is centered and hits a pole with Terracciano surprised. But shortly after the Mexican gets into badly on Gonzalez and comes the expulsion. Shortly after Ayroldi to kick out Fabian – rightly for a double yellow – stopped Fiorentina’s counterattack – wrongly, it was an advantage – with Ikoné thrown into the goal. In the final frenzy Napoli tries and in inferiority (9 against 10) finds the same: on a cross from Malcuit, smooth from Nastasic and Petagna draws from a few steps. In extra time the three qualifying goals of Fiorentina.